Saturday 07/02
Head On A middle-aged German man of Turkish descent, who has given up on life after his wife’s death, ends up in hospital after a semi-intentional car crash, where he meets a young German-Turkish woman who is suffering because of her family’s traditional ways. Award-winning social drama directed by Fatih Akin, with Birol Unel, Sibel Kekilli and Meltem Cumbul. (In German/Turkish) (ET1 – 24.00) Solyaris Strange reports are coming in from a space station orbiting the mysterious planet Solyaris, and a psychologist is sent there to evaluate the situation. Yet he, too, falls prey, as the sentient planet can summon «real» people by reading travelers’ minds in this atmospheric Soviet classic. Science-fiction drama directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, starring Natalya Bondarchuk, Donatas Banionis, Juri Jarvet and Anatoli Solonitsyn. (Vouli – 21.45)
