from Germany
Botany of Madness
A young man is gripped by one fear: that he’ll lose his mind. In his family, mental illness has shaped lives for generations, and time in psychiatric wards has become almost a rite of passage. His battle to avoid inheriting his grandmother’s suicidal behavior, his...
from France
A Very Brief Theory of Hell
Prix Goncourt-winning author Jérôme Ferrari delivers a moving tale about the emotional void of modern exile. A Frenchman, driven by the desire to escape himself, takes a job at the French high school in Abu Dhabi and settles there with his wife and child. The...
from Germany
Einstein at the Spa
Hotel Resting Stork in the spa town of Bad Nauheim has long been a refuge from the turmoil of the day. But its atmosphere of pampered calm is threatened when the German Natural Scientists Conference convenes there in 1920 with over two thousand participants. As...