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)
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. The Jewish Museum Berlin will be screening all four 45-minute episodes of the series at the Klaus Mangold Auditorium.
Original title | L’agent immobilier (The Middleman) |
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Film genre | Series in 4 episodes |
Directed by | Etgar Keret and Shira Geffen |
Country | France/Belgium |
Language | French |
Release date | 2019 |
Running time | 175 minutes |
Exhibition Inside Out – Etgar Keret: Features & Programs
- Exhibition Webpage
- Inside Out – Etgar Keret – 21 Oct 2022 to 19 Mar 2023
- Digital Content
- A Peculiar Kinship – Etgar Keret and Daniel Kehlmann in conversation, video recording of the event on 29 Nov 2022
- Accompanying Events
- Exhibition Opening – with Etgar Keret and JMB director Hetty Berg, 20 Oct 2022, in German and English
- Writing workshop On Mothers – with fixed dates, in German
- Writing workshop On Mothers – by appointment, in German
- Writing workshop On Mothers – for classes from grades 7 to 13, by appointment, in German
- Screening of The Middleman – Miniseries by Etgar Keret and Shira Geffen, 27 Nov 2022, in German
- See also
- Etgar Keret, author and screenwriter
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