Jesus Egon Christus

Deutschland 2019-2021 Spielfilm

Summary

Jesus Egon Christ

Somewhere on the outskirts of Berlin, a self-proclaimed priest is preaching to a group of people with addiction and mental-health problems in a run-down building that houses a psychosocial support group. A recent arrival at the facility, which aims to be both a home and a religious community for its residents, is Egon, who is struggling with a psychotic disorder. He cannot sleep, refuses to help on the farm, won't wash, and has trouble following the priest's instructions. More than once, the pastor crosses a line and humiliates his charges. For most people here, turning to religion is something of a last chance, affording them some kind of support. Egon, however, claims to have conversations with Jesus in which the latter condones his defiant behaviour. His attempt to take the Messiah at his word and understand his miracles eventually propels Egon deeper and deeper into his psychosis.

Through Egon's eyes, directing duo David and Saša Vajda depicts a community of careworn and scarred fellow sufferers whose stories make tangible the terrible reality behind the film’s fiction. An intimate observational drama about a group of heroin addicts in withdrawal and the loneliness of psychosis.

Source: 71. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)

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Credits

All Credits

Duration:
51 min
Format:
DCP
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 07.04.2020, 198797, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Voraufführung (DE): 01.03.2021 - 05.03.2021, IFF Berlin - Industry Event - Perspektive Deutsches Kino, VoD;
Uraufführung (DE): 14.06.2021, Berlin, IFF Summer Special - Perspektive Deutsches Kino, Freilichtbühne Weißensee

Titles

  • Originaltitel (DE) Jesus Egon Christus
  • Weiterer Titel (DE) Egon Eulenmann

Versions

Original

Duration:
51 min
Format:
DCP
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 07.04.2020, 198797, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Voraufführung (DE): 01.03.2021 - 05.03.2021, IFF Berlin - Industry Event - Perspektive Deutsches Kino, VoD;
Uraufführung (DE): 14.06.2021, Berlin, IFF Summer Special - Perspektive Deutsches Kino, Freilichtbühne Weißensee