An aging, washed-up pop star (a brilliant Michael Thomas) tries to recapture his past glory as a lounge singer in the wintry, off-season Italian seaside resort of Rimini, where he performs (sexually as well as on stage) for older tourists.
Germany/France/Austria, 2022, Ulrich Seidl
The crooner’s hardscrabble life is complicated by a father with dementia and by the unexpected appearance of his long estranged grown daughter, who demands past unpaid child support. “An uncompromising, coldly provocative drama that gathered no prizes [at Berlin], which is a shame. But that its star, Michael Thomas, playing a washed-up club singer in an off-season Italian beach town, was not specifically recognized is more or less a crime.” –NY Times. No one under 18 admitted! Cleveland premiere. Subtitles. DCP. 115 min. www.bigworldpictures.org/films/rimini/index.html
General admission $11; members, CIA & CSU I.D.holders, and those age 25 & under $8.
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2022/12/08 - 2022/12/09
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