Solo Sunny review – a rueful East German gem of ambition, loneliness and faded dreams

Konrad Wolf’s 1980 drama follows a singer trying to escape the drab compromises of GDR life, capturing the melancholy of thwarted ambition with warmth and wit The terrible sadness, tattiness and poisoned idealism of the old GDR is preserved as if in a time capsule in this East German film from 1980; it could be a kind of B-side to Bob Fosse’s Cabaret. The heroine, would-be solo pop singer Sunny, is told by her ungallant MC that she is no Liza Minnelli; Cabaret fans might well incidentally recognise here the brusque German word “bumsen”. Solo Sunny is the work of Konrad “Koni” Wolf, a director with an impressive and strange pedigree: he was a garlanded state-sanctioned artist in East Germany, much admired at the Berlin film festival, whose older brother Markus happened to be one of the highest-ranking officials in the Stasi. It makes Wolf the second most politically compromised German film-maker in history. (The disillusioned communist East German character in Jenny Erpenbeck’s novel Ka...

Kaia Gerber and Austin Butler passionately kissed on the red carpet of the Cannes Film Festival

Kaia Gerber and Austin Butler passionately kissed on the red carpet of the Cannes Film Festival. Yesterday in the Côte d'Azur, within the framework of the 75th Cannes Film Festival, the premiere of the biopic "Elvis" by Baz Luhrmann, starring a young 30-year-old actor Austin Butler, took place. By the way, after watching the film, the audience applauded for 12 minutes, but this did not break the record of Guillermo del Toro's "Pan's Labyrinth," which was not released after the whole 22 minutes! 20-year-old Kaia Gerber came to Cannes to support her lover. They first appeared on the red carpet separately but later reunited for a passionate kiss. The eyes of the audience all evening were riveted to this couple, who looked incredibly happy and in love. The model was dressed in a luxurious red dress with elegant thin spaghetti straps with bareback and black heeled sandals; the image was complemented by diamond studs. Kaya's hair was pulled into a messy bun, and her minimalist make-up was done in peach tones. Austin chose a dark suit for a secular exit, on the lapel of which a miniature white and purple bouquet was attached. Recall that Kaia Gerber and Austin Butler were first spotted together in December 2021, and from that moment on, the couple, who, by the way, have a 10-year age difference, have been inseparable. Prior to this, the model met with the actor of the TV series "Euphoria" Jacob Elordi and Austin - with actress Vanessa Hudgens (their romance lasted eight years but did not lead to anything). But back to Cannes: the Elvis Presley biopic generated a lot of interest from the public and the jury, which, of course, greatly encouraged the director of the film, Baz Luhrmann, who hopes to recreate the success of 20 years ago, when he brought the Moulin Rouge to the Cannes Film Festival with Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor.

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