‘Paula’ to screen at Balcon Heliopolis

CAIRO – 26 September 2017: The film “Paula” will screen at Balcon Heliopolis on Friday from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.

The drama directed by Christian Schwochow and written by Stefan Kolditz and Stephan Suschke was first released in Germany in 2016.

The heroes are Carla Juri (Paula Modersohn), Albrecht Schuch (Otto Modersohn), Roxane Duran (Clara Westhoff) and Joel Basman (Rainer Maria Rilke).

This movie focuses on the life of the German artist Paula Modersohn who lived in the 19th and 20th centuries, highlighting her most productive years in Worpswede, Germany, and Paris, besides her relationships with other artists and poets of her time. Her art mainly tackles the discrimination against women.

It won Bavarian Film Award in 2017and Film Award in Gold at German Film Awards in 2017. In addition, it was nominated for Jupiter Award in 2017 and Variety Piazza Grande Award at Locarno International Film Festival in 2016.