{"id":100550,"date":"2023-10-16T22:38:17","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T22:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ucm.one\/monolith-2023-by-julius-schultheis-darling-berlin\/"},"modified":"2024-01-16T13:57:10","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T13:57:10","slug":"monolith","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ucm.one\/en\/monolith\/","title":{"rendered":"Monolith (2023) by Julius Schulthei\u00df | Darling Berlin"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In his existentialist film drama “Monolith<\/strong>“, director and author Julius Schulthei\u00df<\/strong> tells of the loss of control and self-dissolution of a driven, dispassionate man. UCM.ONE<\/strong><\/span> is marketing the award-winning essayistic film noir on the Darling Berlin<\/strong> label.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Summary<\/h3>\n
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Samir is part of a social circle of friends. One evening, his friend Basil suddenly leaves the group and doesn’t return. Shortly afterwards, Samir’s night shift begins, he gets into a cab and we follow him for 24 hours: he sets off on a road trip through Berlin at night, one eye always on his smartphone to show him the way. The next day, while searching for Basil, Samir meets people who make him more and more aware of his dwindling existence. When he realizes that he can’t get anywhere on his own, the mysterious Henry appears and offers him a solution that requires sacrifice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Director’s commentary by Julius Schulthei\u00df
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“Due to a loss in my personal environment, I had the basic idea of making a very calm and existentialist film. It was to be a drama, but also contain aspects of a crime story. I was keen to limit the action to 24 hours and to follow a single person without interruption.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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His highly acclaimed debut “Lotte<\/strong>” premiered in the Perspektive Deutsches Kino<\/strong> section at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival<\/strong> (Berlinale<\/strong>) in 2016 and won the main prize at the achtung berlin film festival in 2016. In 2023, his second feature film “Monolith<\/strong>” was also awarded the main prize at the achtung berlin film festival.<\/p>\n

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About Julius Schulthei\u00df
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Julius Schulthei\u00df<\/strong> was born in Marburg\/Lahn in 1985. After graduating from high school, he did community service at a school for sick pupils, also in Marburg. He then completed internships at Film & Television in Berlin and Munich in the areas of production\/editing and set management.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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From October 2007 he studied Visual Communication in Film & Television at the Kunsthochschule Kassel<\/strong>. Since graduating in May 2013, he has lived and worked in Berlin and Hamburg.<\/p>\n

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His highly acclaimed debut “Lotte<\/strong>” premiered in the Perspektive Deutsches Kino<\/strong> section at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival<\/strong> (Berlinale<\/strong>) in 2016 and won the main prize at the achtung berlin film festival<\/strong> in 2016.<\/p>\n

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