Sophisticated Acquaintance
Overview
Mixing elements of narrative, experimental, pseudo-documentary and essayist cinema, Sophisticated Acquaintance tells the story of a tormented individual whose short life and long death were affected by a great many factors. Klaus Mann (John Gross), a present-day Philadelphia avatar of the real-life European author of Mephisto, lives in the shadow of his father, the eminent intellectual, novelist and Nobel Laureate Thomas Mann (Ernst Hohmann). When Klaus pens a controversial essay on "revolutionary suicide" and then acts on it, in protest of the world's selfishness, a group of his contemporaries speak up in filmed interviews about what led him down that path. It is a film about the creative process, the tragic depiction of a strained father-son relationship and, most of all, it is a film about individuality.
Release date
01/10/2007
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Original Soundtrack
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Going the Distance
Sebastian
In Harm's Way
Blonde
I Feel Fine.
My Boy Jack
Ballast
The Sun Also Rises
Imaginary Heroes
FADE OUT
Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game
Day of the Woman
Scum
Looking for Alibrandi
Deadline
Clarissa
Em Uma Noite Escura, As Rosas São Amarelas
Crocodile
35 Shots of Rum
Me and Veronica