In Rimini (2022) and Sparta (2022), Ulrich Seidl followed the lives of two brothers, Richie and Ewald, respectively. The former is a crooner long past his prime yet still beloved by hordes of late-middle-aged female fans who can also buy his sexual attention; the latter is a technician living in Romania and wrestling with his pedophile desires. These two tales were supposed to be told in one film – and now they finally are! The result offers a staggeringly different experience of the narrative(s). It's far more cerebral, above all a work of ideas.
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Ulrich Seidl Director · Veronika Franz Writer
First release January 25, 2023 · Produced in Austria, France, Germany · Languages German, Italian, Romanian
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ARTE
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Ulrich Seidl Filmproduktion
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Austria · France · Germany
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Original title
Böse Spiele
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German · Italian · Romanian
Release dates
Netherlands · January 25, 2023
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No release date listed for United States.
France
January 2, 2024 · Physical · DVD
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