German Movie Nights: The Future Perfect

The German Film Office is pleased to present a screening of the award-winning film The Future Perfect (2016), followed by a conversation with director Nele Wohlatz.

When 17-year-old Xiaobin Zhang moves to Buenos Aires from China, she barely speaks the language. Dreaming of a future beyond her family’s grocery store, she begins taking Spanish classes. As her language skills grow, so does the film’s landscape—from the stilted, awkward sentences of a beginning language learner to more complex ideas that incorporate love, identity, and dreams of possible futures outside of the prescribed norm.

“There is gentle comedy here, and a real rooting interest derived from Ms. Zhang’s committed, never-a-false-note performance.” (The New York Times)

Awards: Leopard for Best First Feature at the Locarno Film Festival, ZINEBI First Film Award at the Bilbao International Festival of Documentary and Short Films, Sichtwechsel Film Award at the Hamburg Film Festival

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