Cinema of Disobedience: The Younger + Janine zieht aufs Land

Originaltitel: The Younger

44 Min. | 2015

Sprache: OmeU | Originalsprache: mandarien

Regie: Etsen Chen

Hao Zhi Chen (19) lives alone with his Grandmother who has Alzheimers and has suffered from a stroke. In order to pay the bills and his grandmother’s medical expenses, he goes to work in a gay massage parlor. At first, it was just work…but Hao Zhi soon finds that he is attracted to some of his clientele, and gets pulled into a world where he loses control of things he thought he could handle.

Originaltitel: Janina zieht aufs Land

74 Min. | 2025

Sprache: OmeU | Originalsprache: german

Regie: Jan Eilhardt

Her partner’s asthma forces Janine to move back to the country. As a queer person, she leaves behind the safe space of the city and is confronted with the ghosts of her past in her new home: insults, hostility, assaults. The glances of her neighbour Peter, who still lives with his mother and looks after his disabled brother, awaken dark memories in Janine yet pull her closer at the same time. A game of naive inappropriate acts, full of sexual energy, then ensues between the two. As Janine and Peter grow closer and he lets her see behind his front of toxic masculinity, his jealous brother takes drastic measures to win back Peter.