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6:30 PM

The Goldfish

Friday Film | Monthly Film Screening

  • Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Kolkata, Kolkata

Goldfish square © Jürgen Olczyk / Sony Pictures Entertainment Deutschland GmbH / Wiedemann & Berg Film GmbH & Co. KG

Goldfish © Jürgen Olczyk / Sony Pictures Entertainment Deutschland GmbH / Wiedemann & Berg Film GmbH & Co. KG

Director: Alireza Golafshan
2019, Colour, 112 minutes

Surprise! A German comedy about disabled people that actually works: After becoming a paraplegic due to a car accident, portfolio manager Oliver tries to use the therapeutic field trip of the disabled shared flat known as 'The Goldfish' as way to smuggle his illegal earnings out of Switzerland. And thus begins a fast-paced road movie that takes a swipe at everything 'normal'.

Alireza Golafshan was born in 1986 in Tehran, Iran. In 1998 the family emigrated to Germany. Golafshan first studied philosophy and art history in Munich; in 2008 he successfully applied to the Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film (HFF), where he made several short films.


For age group 18 years and above.

Friday Films are the monthly screenings of German films at the Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Kolkata. One film is screened every third Friday of the Month from 6.30 pm. All films are in German language with English subtitles.