Due to health reasons, the conversation with Etgar Keret and Shira Geffen scheduled for 27 Nov unfortunately has to be canceled. Previously purchased tickets will be refunded. The screening of the series Mein sprechender Goldfisch (The Middleman), also scheduled for 27 Nov, will take place as planned at 3 pm. Free tickets are available from the online shop!
Have you ever heard your goldfish speak? That’s what happens to 50-year-old real estate agent Olivier, who has been strapped for money since his divorce. He was surprised to find out that his late mother left him a ramshackle apartment building in Paris, where his best friend and lawyer Philippe then had a fatal accident. And ever since then he has been hearing Philippe’s goldfish talk. His worries about his father Rémi, his teenage daughter Sophie, and his conflict with the building’s last remaining tenant, seem practically banal by comparison. Until suddenly Olivier finds himself returned to the past of his childhood.
Past event
Where
W. M. Blumenthal Academy,
Klaus Mangold Auditorium
Fromet-und-Moses-Mendelssohn-Platz 1, 10969 Berlin
(Opposite the Museum)
Film still from The Middleman; photo: Foto: Les Films du Poisson
The four-part series, starring the French actor Mathieu Amalric, was written and directed by the Israeli dynamic duo Etgar Keret and Shira Geffen, who have both received numerous awards for their work, including the Caméra d’Or at Cannes. In conversation with Ofer Waldman, Etgar Keret and Shira Geffen will discuss The Middleman and draw connections with the exhibition Inside Out – Etgar Keret.
Before the conversation, also as part of the programming accompanying the exhibition Inside Out – Etgar Keret, a screening of The Middleman will take place at 3 pm.
Shira Geffen; photo: Eyal Nevo
Exhibition Inside Out – Etgar Keret: Features & Programs
- Exhibition Webpage
- Inside Out – Etgar Keret – 21 Oct 2022 to 5 Feb 2023
- Accompanying Events
- Exhibition Opening – with Etgar Keret and JMB director Hetty Berg, 20 Oct 2022, in German and English
- Writing workshop On Mothers – 20 Nov 2022/11 Dec 2022/29 Jan 2023/5 Feb 2023, in German
- Writing workshop On Mothers – by appointment (from 22 Oct 2022 to 5 Feb 2023 on mondays and fridays), in German
- Writing workshop On Mothers – for classes from grades 7 to 13, by appointment (from 31 Oct 2022 to 3 Feb 2023 on mondays and fridays), in German
- Screening of The Middleman – Miniseries by Etgar Keret and Shira Geffen, 27 Nov 2022, in German
- CANCELLED: Artist Talk on The Middleman – with Etgar Keret and Shira Geffen, 27 Nov 2022
- A Peculiar Kinship – Etgar Keret and Daniel Kehlmann in conversation, 29 Nov 2022
- See also
- Etgar Keret, Author and Screenwriter
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