Desire Will Set You Free

(2015)

★ 4.5 IMDb · 11 votes

Genres: Drama, Romance, Comedy

Year: 2015

Runtime: 92 мин

Country: Germany

Director: Yony Leyser

Cast: Yony Leyser, Tim-Fabian Hoffmann, Chloe Griffin, Эмбер Бенсон, Anton Andreew, Til Schindler, Rosa von Praunheim, Nina Hagen, Blixa Bargeld, Peaches

Plot

Desire Will Set You Free is a feature film that explores life in contemporary Berlin with an often critical and sometimes humorous eye. Based on a true story, the plot follows the relationship of an American writer of Israeli/Palestinian descent and a Russian aspiring artist working as a hustler, offering access to the city's vibrant queer and underground scenes while examining the differences between expatriate and refugee life. Our characters travel through Berlin's layered history and unique subcultural landscape; on their adventures they discover influences and remnants of the Weimar Republic, WWII, the Bowie years, and punk.