Protected Men
GER 2024, 104 min
Germany, shortly before elections – a mysterious disease outbreak afflicting only men strikes. Differences between the sexes long believed to have been overcome re-emerge, shaking society to its core.
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BEST FILM IN TALLIN! Irene von Alberti wins the Rebels with a Cause - Competition.
"An accessible film that immediately unravels the harsh reality of violence against women as the simplest of premises. When the male sexual desire is a threat towards men’s lives instead of women’s. Injecting comedy and satire as the antidote to the temptation of power that blinds us to the extreme consequences of unresolved hatred." - Tallinn Black Nights Jury Award Statement
PROTECTED MEN now in cinemas - Distributor: Filmgalerie 451, Sales: Filmperlen
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Bautzen: Bautzener Burgfilmnächte 17.6.-15.7.
Brandenburg an der Havel: St. Johanneskirche 26.6. (20:00)
Hilden: Lux Lichtspiele 10.9. (19:30)
- Preview at the Filmfest FrauenWelten (Terre des Femmes) in Berlin, at the cinema in the KulturBrauerei (October 25, October 29, 2024)
- World premiere at the Filmfest München (Munich International Film Festival) in the "New German Cinema" section (July 1 Filmtheater Sendlinger Tor, July 2 City-Atelier Cinemas, July 6 HFF Munich)
- Preview at the Filmkunstmesse in Leipzig (September 19 (Passage Kinos), September 19
- Rebels with a Cause Competition Winner 2024 — Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
International premiere on 19th Nov with Irene von Alberti (Director, Screenwriter), Frieder Schlaich (Producer), Britta Hammelstein (Cast)
"A biting political satire about power, oppression, and sexual stereotypes.
Ecology, equality, sustainability: Anita and Sarah pursue lofty political goals as they establish a new feminist party. By contrast, the men who are infected by a new type of virus tend to have less honorable intentions. The consequences: sexual obsession, molestation, and death. Urgent effort is put into developing a vaccine. But should the male sex be saved at all?" (Filmfest München)
