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Last year, "Triangle of Sadness" by the Swedish filmmaker Ruben Östlund won four awards, including Best European Film in 2022.

Who will follow in his footsteps? This year's competition is strong, with no clear favorite but five high-profile contenders.

"Anatomy of a Case" by Justine Triet
The hearts of many movie fans beat for "Anatomy of a Case" by the French director Justine Triet, starring the incomparable Sandra Hüller. She plays a highly self-determined woman suspected of murder.

The drama was released in theaters last Thursday and received the Golden Palm for Best Film at the Cannes Film Festival. The film's team is being discussed as potential contenders for the Oscars, including Hüller as the lead actress.

Hüller is also nominated twice for the European Film Awards for her role in "Anatomy of a Case" and the other Cannes favorite, "The Zone of Interest."

"The Zone of Interest" by Jonathan Glazer
The film dissects the family life of Auschwitz concentration camp commander Rudolf Höss in a shocking and almost surgical manner. Hüller plays Höss' wife, Hedwig.

Viewers of the film only see the exterior walls of Auschwitz or a smoking chimney. Screams can be heard while Hedwig strolls through her lavish garden or shows flowers to the baby. The horror is starkly contrasted with the life of the Höss family. The British director Jonathan Glazer received the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes for this drama.

"Green Border" by Agnieszka Holland
"Green Border," directed by the renowned Agnieszka Holland, is also in the race. This black-and-white drama tells the story of migrants at the Polish-Belarusian border and has sparked controversy among ultra-conservatives in Poland.

The film follows a Syrian family attempting to escape to the EU through Belarus. Their experiences are interwoven with the stories of a young Polish border guard and a group of Polish activists.

The film is mostly set in 2021, when the situation at the Polish-Belarusian border escalated, with thousands of people attempting to illegally enter the EU. The EU accused Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko of organizing the transport of migrants from crisis regions to the EU's external borders in an organized manner to exert pressure on the West.

"Falling Leaves" by Aki Kaurismäki
Also nominated is the tragicomedy "Falling Leaves" by Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki, known for his films filled with melancholy and dry humor.

This description also applies to "Falling Leaves." The tragicomedy tells the story of two lonely individuals on the fringes of society in Helsinki, searching for love.

Supermarket employee Ansa (Alma Pöysti) and the construction worker and alcoholic Holappa (Jussi Vatanen) both lead bleak lives in the Finnish capital. Helsinki appears in this film as if frozen in time, with a touch of the fairytale.

"Me Captain" by Matteo Garrone
Another contender is "Io capitano" or "Me Captain" by Matteo Garrone. The film depicts the journey of two young men from West Africa's Senegal who want to flee to Italy and endure horrifying experiences along the way.

The film received the Silver Lion for Best Director at the Venice Film Festival.

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"Barbie," "The Teacher's Lounge," and "As They Made Us - A Lifetime": These are the DVDs and Blu-rays of the week.

"It seems as if it was the perfect storm," Martin Scorsese raved, "It came at just the right time." Although the US director had not seen "Barbie" or "Oppenheimer" in the cinema himself, he was well aware of the "Barbenheimer" hype.

In July 2023, Greta Gerwig's "Barbie" was released in theaters simultaneously with Christopher Nolan's biopic about the father of the atomic bomb. You can't get much more contrast than that.

"Barbie" broke two records on its very first weekend: not only did the film have the most successful cinema debut of the year, but it also became the most successful film directed by a woman. With a worldwide box office revenue of over 1.4 billion US dollars, "Barbie" currently ranks eleventh among the most successful films of all time. Now, the vibrant pink film adventure, as well as the drama "The Teacher's Lounge" and the tragicomedy "As They Made Us - A Lifetime," are coming to DVD and Blu-ray.

"Barbie" (Release: October 26)
Barbie has been a real bestseller for over six decades, and its target audience consists almost exclusively of little girls.

Those who enjoy brushing synthetic hair and love pink. However, it's not that simple in the film "Barbie." In the direction of Greta Gerwig ("Lady Bird"), who co-wrote the screenplay with Noah Baumbach, the first cracks in the magical divide between Barbie's (Margot Robbie) dream world and reality appear early on.

Eventually, this wall crumbles completely. Strange things happen, and Barbie begins to doubt her overly perfect world of pink-on-pink, where every day is "the best day ever." Shortly thereafter, she embarks on a journey to the "Real World," as clearly marked, with Ken (Ryan Gosling) to discover the "truth about the universe."

During this journey between the grotesque Barbie idyll and the very ordinary real world, some guest stars make appearances, including Michael Cera, Ariana Greenblatt, Dua Lipa, Kate McKinnon, John Cena, and Will Ferrell as the boss of the toy manufacturer Mattel.

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After seven decades in the film business, it's finally time for retirement: Just over six months after his 90th birthday, British Hollywood star Michael Caine announced his retirement on Saturday. "I keep saying that I'm going to retire. Well, now I'm doing it," Caine told BBC Radio 4.

From the actor's perspective, the timing is opportune: "I told myself that I just made a film in which I played the lead role and received incredible reviews for it," Caine said. His film "In Full Bloom," which tells the true story of World War II veteran Bernie Jordan, was released in the UK last week.

Caine mentioned that in the future, he would only receive offers to play 90-year-old men. "Or maybe 85-year-olds." And these wouldn't be leading roles. "So I thought I might as well leave it all behind," said the actor, who has been awarded two Oscars and many other accolades.

During his seven-decade career, Caine has appeared in over 160 films, including classics from the 1960s like "Zulu" and "The Italian Job," as well as box office hits like "The Cider House Rules" and several "Batman" films. In 2000, he was knighted by the then British Queen Elizabeth II.

Caine is unlikely to be idle even after his retirement from the film industry. His first novel, "Deadly Game," is set to be published next month. In June, he mentioned that he had long wanted to write a thriller because it's the genre he enjoys reading the most.

Former "GNTM" model Anna Adamyan (27) had lovingly referred to her little son as "Dino" in public until now. However, on Thursday evening, October 5th, the influencer unexpectedly revealed the real name of her son, who was born in August.

Beneath a black and white photo showing her holding the baby, Anna Adamyan shared: "8 weeks with my new best friend Levi." This revelation came as a surprise to many followers. One user wrote, "I didn't even realize it and just thought: Who is Levi now? I had already gotten used to Dino." The choice of the name received a lot of support. A follower commented that "Levi" fits very well, noting that the name has Hebrew origins and means "the connected one," "the faithful one," and "the hero."

For Anna Adamyan and her husband, 1. FC Köln footballer Sargis Adamyan (30), their little boy is indeed a true hero. The couple had to go through a lot before they could hold their son in their arms. The model, who became known through her participation in "Germany's Next Topmodel" in 2014, suffers from endometriosis. Fulfilling their wish for a child was very challenging. It was only after two miscarriages and eleven artificial inseminations that their dream of having their own child came true.

The birth was traumatic, too. Anna Adamyan revealed this on Instagram two weeks ago. She said she needed "every single day to even partially digest it." After several hours, a cesarean section had to be performed under general anesthesia, followed by surgery, which resulted in significant blood loss.

She explained, "I can't describe to you how much fear I had in that moment, how terrible the journey to the operating room was, and the feeling of falling asleep with a belly followed by waking up without one." She mentioned that due to the general anesthesia, she now has no memories of the birth, which she will unfortunately never regain.

Fortunately, her husband took many photos and videos of their first meeting with their son, for which she is "incredibly grateful." She said, "I look at them every day, with tears and at the same time a smile, hoping that the feelings from that moment might come back someday." The experience is still "traumatic and always present" for the couple, who have been married since August 2021, and the model is not yet able to discuss the events in more detail. She concluded by acknowledging that many women experience similar situations daily and asked for understanding and acceptance on behalf of all of them.

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