Film of the Week: "Klandestin" - Cinema as Mirror Cabinet

With his story about an illegal refugee hiding in Germany with a conservative politician, "Klandestin" promotes tolerance and diversity. However, the one-dimensionality of the political thriller distorts the problem of this serious issue.

A new week with new films opening in cinemas. Our cinema king Knut Elstermann introduces you to three of them.

Angelina Maccarone's "Klandestin" plays with Kafka, Bowles and Bowie – and pleads for pragmatism instead of poetry The British painter Richard (Lambert Wilson) is in his mid 60s, lives in Tangier and paints colorful portraits, some of which smile as "old school", Richard calls them "classic". One night he hangs out with his young assistant Malik (Habib Adda) in the Medina, kiffs and quotes Kafka: "Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind a …