As the next screening in the “Film in der Messe” series, the StattKino initiative and the Idar-Oberstein Cultural Office will present the drama “Calle Málaga – A Home in Tangier.” Directed by Maryam Touzani, the film celebrates old age and self-determination—and it’s a pleasure to watch. To accompany the film, the Landgasthaus Böß will serve Rfissa (flatbread, chicken stew with lentils, ras el hanout) at 6:30 p.m. Since seating for the meal is limited, registration is required. A vegetarian option is also available upon advance order.
Anyone who has never been to Tangier will want to go there right away. Right from the very first scenes, director Maryam Touzani celebrates a place of longing: a picturesque seaside city with friendly people from a wide variety of cultures, small, winding alleys, and markets offering plump, sun-ripened fruit. This small tribute to Touzani’s hometown makes the main character Maria’s love for her city and her neighborhood understandable—and thus explains why it’s impossible for Maria to give up life here.
Maria is an energetic and fun-loving woman in her late 70s who, since her husband’s death, has been living in the apartment where she raised her daughter: on Calle Málaga. She loves the hustle and bustle in the alley right outside her front door; she knows everyone here, young and old, and knows who she can trust. Maria is alone, but not lonely. Still, it’s always a highlight when her daughter Clara comes to visit—which happens all too rarely. Clara lives in Madrid with her two children; she’s a nurse, divorced, chronically overwhelmed—and she needs money.
That’s why she decided to sell the apartment on Calle Málaga. She hopes to lure her mother to Madrid—but her mother refuses outright. So she hires a real estate agent to handle the sale, and the furniture is sold off at bargain prices. Maria moves into a nursing home. But Maria and being pampered—that just doesn’t go together at all. So the old woman hatches a plan, secretly returns to her home, and simply starts all over again. And she falls in love. All of this is portrayed, loosely based on the motto: A person’s allowed to dream, after all. And they are.
- Admission to the movie is 4 euros per person. Doors open at 7:00 p.m., and seating is first-come, first-served. The movie and dinner package costs 19 euros. Doors open for dinner at 6:00 p.m. The Landgasthaus Böß accepts reservations via email at info@landgasthaus-boess.de, subject to availability. Dinner reservations cannot be canceled or exchanged. Tickets and dinner can only be paid for on-site at the box office. For more information about the films, visit www.idar-oberstein.de/stattkino.