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- A philosophical adventure biopic, 08.20 is a contemporary story of a young Moscow photographer in search of meaning, contribution and purpose. He rejects a safe, well-fed and quiet future, then struggles to transcend his austere childhood. His goal: transform the surrounding Russian bleakness into vivid color photographs. To develop his artistic sensibility, a method: destroy the rational, the educated mind. Take risks, shoot heroin, experiment with sex and techno. His artworks grow, the Universe has his back. He dodges bullets, runs from cops and dupes his parents. To mature as a pro, he moves to Paris, the city of photography. Where he clashes with consumerism, post-modernism and the art establishment. So he amplifies the reckless habits, approaches the revelation. Until his new French girlfriend sways him towards comfort, advertising projects, money, health and family. Good fortune? Or a fatal mistake? Can he have it all? Or has he left the path of self-realization? Spanning 3 decades, the film portrays the work and doubts of a photojournalist, as he confronts the ethics of war photography, dives into music press awash with drugs, then photographs extreme sports (climbing, cycling, aerobatics and sailing), searching for his artistic core, questioning the boundaries between an artist and a sell-out. Shot in Moscow, Ural, Paris, Berlin, the Atlantic Ocean and the Alps; out of sequence, scene by scene, it assembles a puzzle of debauchery and sadness, of pleasure and sacrifice, of free will and fate. A dialogue of cultures, in English, French and Russian. A visually-stunning love story, with an abrupt and ambiguous ending.
- A man with his six-year-old daughter from St. Petersburg who fears for his life lands at BER Airport: the German-Russian journalist Kolja Petrow, a childhood friend of Karla Lorenz. Instead of the diplomat, who knows nothing about his visit, a Russian secret service team awaits him and little Manja. Before the kidnappers catch him, Kolja disappears a data stick and hides Manja in a rental car. When the police discovered the girl shortly afterwards, there was no trace of the kidnapped man. However, a phone number that Kolja wrote on Manja's arm leads to Karla. She is surprised to hear from him after a long radio silence, but takes his daughter into her home. While her boyfriend Jan takes care of the girl, Karla supports the crisis team, including the BND officer Weimer. It is found that Kolja is being held at the Russian embassy. When State Secretary Wagner put pressure on foreign policy, the Russian state media sent a surprising explanation: Petrov is said to have fled because he murdered his wife in St. Petersburg. Karla, who has known the suspect since childhood, thinks this is an excuse. In fact, he had evidence of Russian influence by their secret services on important political elections in Germany, which are supposed to be covered up .
- Carrie follows a lead.