“I doubt I’ll see a finer film this year than Jerichow.” – Michael Sicinski

“A tightly constructed ‘dramatic thriller’ in which the tension comes as much from what the characters are thinking as from what they end up doing, Jerichow again confirms writer-helmer Christian Petzold (Yella, The State I’m In) as a world-class talent who remains underappreciated beyond Germany.” – Derek Elley, Variety

“With Jerichow and with more ferocity than ever before, Petzold shows himself to be an outstanding director.” – Wolfgang Höbel, Spiegel

Unstoppable on its praise-garnering festival itinerary, Jerichow may very well be the film that catapults Christian Petzold to long-overdue international renown. Premiering at last year’s Venice film festival, and prompting unanimous critical praise – Indiewire declared the film “an elegant reworking of The Postman Always Rings Twice which radiated assurance from its very first moments, and demonstrated yet again why Christian Petzold is the most talented, if overlooked German filmmaker of his generation” – Jerichow is a taut, impressive work of cinema by one of today’s most interesting filmmakers. Following a fateful encounter, Ali, an affable but shrewd and boozy Turkish businessman turns to Thomas, a mysterious and handsome ex-soldier, for help in managing his product distribution to his string of forty-five snack bars. Sparks ignite when Thomas meets Ali’s willowy, blonde wife Laura (played by Petzold regular Nina Hoss) and the two attempt, though rather poorly, to suppress their mutual mounting desire. A meticulously constructed story of betrayal, secrecy, and sexual passion, Jerichow deftly plays with the conventions of a love triangle, and fashions a chamber piece that is pristinely shot, intricately detailed, and finely acted, flirting with but ultimately defying genre. All three characters are exceptionally rich, and imbue the film with coruscating insights, which reveal themselves only gradually. Director of photography “Hans Fromm’s rich (but not