The film screening “Who Am I – No System is Safe” within the framework of the Spring Cinema program by the Goethe Institut in Hanoi and HCMC will be held on 15 Feb.
ABOUT THE FILM
Genre: Thriller
Country: Germany
Year: 2014
Director: Baran bo Odar
Script: Baran bo Odar
Cast: Tom Schilling, Elyas M’Barek, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Antoine Monot, Jr., Hannah Herzsprung, Trine Dyrholm
Length: 100 minutes
Age restriction: 16 years
Awards 2015: Bavarian Film Prize 2014 (Best Direction); 2014: Bambi (National Film)
Festivals: Toronto 2014, Zurich 2014, Les Arcs European Film Festival 2014, Palm Springs 2015 Benjamin is a socially inept nobody. Max is handsome and charismatic. What these strangers have in common is computer hacking.
After proving his skill, Benjamin is invited to join Max and his friends in a subversive hacker group. Identifying themselves as CLAY, the gang carries out a series of spectacular attacks on political parties and even the ‘Federal Intelligence Agency’. For the first time in his life Benjamin feels like he belongs to something.
Benjamin now wants recognition and status in the shadowy corner of cyberspace where hackers communicate – “the Net inside the Net.” To achieve this he will need to impress MR X, reigning king of the hacking world. The road to MR X involves an extremely dangerous Russian group known as FRI3NDS. With European cyber police also on his trail, Benjamin and CLAY will need to execute the most brilliant of plans just to stay alive.
This pacy, exciting and visually striking cyber-thriller is a white-knuckle ride all the way to its wickedly clever conclusion.
Director Baran bo Odar was born in Switzerland in 1978 and studied directing at the University of Television & Film in Munich. His other works include short films such as Und wir suchen nach dem Glück (2002), Under the Sun (2006) and his successful feature debut The Silence (2010).
Language: German with English and Vietnamese subtitles