If you followed the rules of the market, this film shouldn’t exist. It’s neither a studio production from Hollywood that is supposed to be expanded into a so-called franchise, nor a quickly continued comedy series or a Bavarian crime comedy delicacy that attracts an even larger cinema audience every summer. Of course, other films are also continued in sequels, prequels or spin-offs, sometimes only after many years. The opening film of the Hof Film Days 2023 But it’s still a special sequel: “15 Years” continues the story of the convicted murderer Jenny von Loeben, who the audience got to know in “Four Minutes” – and hasn’t forgotten since.
Chris Kraus opens the Hof Film Festival with his film “15 Years” – Bavaria
