Director of festival smash hit Balloon (GER19) Michael ‘Bully’ Herbig returns with gripping new drama A Thousand Lines, inspired by true events.
While working together for major news magazine ‘Die Chronik’, freelance journalist Juan Romero (Elyas M'Barek, The Collini Case GER21, also in this year’s Love Thing) encounters inconsistencies in a cover story by award-winning reporter Lars Bogenius (Jonas Nay, Deutschland 83). Juan undertakes his own research and uncovers a potential scandal, but when he informs his editors, the board of directors dismiss his concerns and stand with their celebrated leading writer as the stakes are too high. However, Juan will not relent and pushes the boundaries risking his career, his reputation and his family in search for the truth.
Inspired by the book 'Tausend Zeilen Lüge' by Juan Moreno, this exciting media satire inspired by the real-life 2018 fake news scandal involving disgraced Der Spiegel journalist Claas Relotius is a brilliantly topical film for our times.
NOMINEE – Best Film Score, German Film Awards 2023
"Bully Herbig's stroke of genius is both a gripping thriller and satirical comedy about the Relotius scandal… his new feature film is more fun, more clever and more entertaining as any other."
- Blickpunkt:Film
Tuesday 2nd May
92 min
M
Elyas M'Baker, Jonas Nay, Marie Burchard, Michael Ostrowski, Michael Maertens, Jörg Hartmann
Michael "Bully" Herbig
Film Festival
German with English subtitles
Palace James Street
