Audition (35mm OmU) - Midnight Movies

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Original title: Ōdishon, Director: Takashi Miike, Japan 2000, 115 minutes, 35mm, original Japanese version with German subtitles

What begins as a melancholy drama develops into one of the most disturbing horror films in Japanese cinema. Widowed Shigeharu Aoyama is looking for a new woman to be by his side. His friend suggests organizing a fake casting - the perfect excuse to meet potential partners. Aoyama is immediately fascinated by Asami, a seemingly shy, gentle young woman with a mysterious aura. But behind Asami's fragile façade lurks an abyss of pain, madness and revenge.

Director Takashi Miike masterfully plays with expectations: gentle piano music, poetic images - until the film suddenly shows its true colors. Audition is no simple horror, but a perfidious psychological thriller about power, manipulation and the horror that lurks beneath the surface of everyday life. A movie that captivates you, shocks you and never quite lets go.

Blue Salon, Room 012, HfG Karlsruhe
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