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The Miracle of Bern
is described as “a slickly packaged, invigorating crowd-pleaser
centred on a post war German family and a sports reporter at the
time their country won soccer’s World Cup…” (Variety,
Derek Elley) Among them is the father of a quiet, football-loving 11-year-old, Matthias, who lives with his mother, sister and brother in a West German mining town. The boy has long found a surrogate father in the local football player Helmut Rahn, who has “adopted” Matthias as his mascot. The return of the boy’s father Richard casts a shadow over the once-happy family: broken by his years in captivity, Richard has trouble adapting to life in post-war Germany and alienates his family through his severity. For Richard, football is pointless, and so is the World Cup that’s about to be held in Bern, Switzerland. Matthias, however, longs to be there with his idol who has been chosen to play on the German team. Through his passion for the game and his fighting spirit, Matthias rekindles a love of life in his dad’s heart. And so, as the final match of the World Cup begins (the first cup to be played after World War II) a little miracle of love and generosity leaps across borders to help another miracle occur – the victory of Helmut Rahn and the German team, the miracle of Bern. With The Miracle of Bern, director and ex-football player Soenke Wortmann has brilliantly succeeded in setting an intensely emotional and touching family drama against the exhilarating, authentic background of West Germany’s miraculous World Cup victory in 1954. Other news Tickets: Please note that the Noosa Film Society box office (lower level) closes between 2:40 and 4:30pm on the day of the Society screening. Tickets for 5:00pm and 7:15pm sessions can be picked up after 4:30pm. Do you want a reminder for the next screening? Let us know your email address and you will automatically get a reminder the day prior to the screening. If you have already given us your email address you should be getting a reminder. Contact us by emailing Noosa Film Society. Noosa Long Weekend The Noosa Film Society in collaboration with the Noosa Long Weekend is pleased to be able to offer several film events as part of the ten day Noosa Long Weekend program. On Monday 20 June the Australian film Three Dollars will be shown. Featuring a unique ensemble - David Wenham (Lord of the Rings, The Boys, Gettin' Square), Frances O'Connor (Al: Artificial Intelligence, Mansfield Park, Kiss or Kill), Sarah Wynter (24, Sex and the City) and introducing Joanna Hunt-Prokhovnik, Three Dollars asks the question: how much is your life worth? On Saturday 25 June film critic luminaries David Stratton and Margaret Pomeranz will get together at Australis Noosa Lakes Resort to show excerpts of their favourite films and discuss them. Tickets to both events will be available this month directly from Noosa Long Weekend (5442 4546) www.noosalongweekend.com
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