Berlin Film Festival to Open With Tom Tykwer’s ‘The Light’ Starring Lars Eidinger

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Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Tom Tykwer’s “The Light” will open the 75th Berlin International Film Festival. The German-French production, Das Licht (“The Light”) will be presented as a Berlinale Special Gala out of competition in the Berlinale Palast.

The film marks Tykwer’s return to the big screen after seven years and four seasons as writer and director of the hit series “Babylon Berlin.” “We knew as soon as we saw ‘Das Licht’ (‘The Light’) that we wanted to have it open the 75th Berlinale,” said festival director Tricia Tuttle. “Tom Tykwer finds beauty and joy in our often fractured and challenging world, and magically captures the essence of our modern life on screen.

It is our great pleasure to welcome Tom back to the Berlinale with ‘Das Licht’ (‘The Light’),” she continued. “The Light” stars Lars Eidinger (“Dying,” “Persian Lessons,” “Personal Shopper,” “The Clouds of Sils Maria”), Nicolette Krebitz (“AEIOU,” “Wild”), Elke Biesendorfer, Julius Gause and Elyas Eldridge Set in present day in Berlin, the movie draws the portrait of a modern family, the Engels, who seemingly have nothing left to hold them together when housekeeper Farrah enters their lives. “The mysterious woman from Syria puts the Engels’ world to an unexpected test and brings to light feelings that have long been hidden.

In the process, she pursues a plan all of her own that will fundamentally change the family’s life,” reads the synopsis. Tykwer has opened the Berlinale twice before, in 2002 with his first international production “Heaven” and in 2009, with the political thriller “The International.” “I’m over the moon to open next year’s Berlinale with “Das Licht” (The Light),” said Tykwer. “The Berlinale is the festival of my life..