“Two to One,” starring Sandra Hüller, played to a full house on Friday night at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica.
On Friday, we attended opening night of German Currents: the 19th Festival of German Film, thanks to our lovely friend Debra Levine of artsmeme.com. Held at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica, the featured film was “Two to One,” a comedy-caper from writer-director Natja Brunckhorst, starring Sandra Hüller, Max Riemelt, and Ronald Zehrfeld. Hüller garnered international acclaim for “Anatomy of a Fall” and “The Zone of Interest” (both 2023; she got an Oscar nom for the former). The festival, which ends today, is a co-production of the Goethe Institut and the American Cinematheque.
In “Two to One,” we meet an East Berlin family who, after the fall of the Berlin Wall and before unification, sees a way to make a bundle by exchanging ostmarks for deutschemarks at the rate of two to one – but only if they act quickly.
The Aero was packed, even though the LA Dodgers were playing at home in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series (they won!). Following the show, Ronald Zehrfeld did a Q&A; then guests headed to the after party to nosh on schnitzel sliders and custard buns, and sip excellent Tupetz wine.
Alle hatten eine gute Zeit!
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