Visitation (KINO)
百年孤宅 (KINO)
- Released
- 21 Sep 2026
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Original title
- Visitation
- Language
- en
The verdict
There are not yet enough audience votes to give this a reliable score. It is not currently playing in Hong Kong cinemas. 118 minutes.
What it is about
At its heart is a place: a house on a lake near Berlin, home to three families from the 1930s to the fall of the Wall. A Jewish family is forced to sell; an architect builds his Bauhaus dream and chases it again in the GDR; a writer couple returns from Soviet exile. Twelve people dream of a home while world history refuses to spare their small shore. Adapting Jenny Erpenbeck's novel, Palme d'Or winner Volker Schlöndorff crafts a textured, compassionate epic with Lars Eidinger and Martina Gedeck that premiered in Cannes, a fitting late career triumph.
What to expect
A lake house near Berlin passes through three families across six decades of German upheaval. Volker Schlöndorff adapts Jenny Erpenbeck's novel with a light touch that lets the house itself carry the weight — its windows, floorboards, and shoreline absorbing the displacements of a Jewish family, an architect's Bauhaus ambitions, and a writer couple's return from Soviet exile. Lars Eidinger and Martina Gedeck anchor an ensemble that resists melodrama even as history barges in. The 118-minute runtime is dense but never rushed; the movie trusts you to sit with its silences. In English with English subtitles. Opens in Hong Kong on 21 September 2026. Certificate and showtimes to be confirmed.
Cast
- Detlev Buck
- Matt Shaw Gavin Stenson
- Stella Denis-Winkler
- Peter Burton The Father
- Lars Eidinger
- Elizabeth Bell Suzanne Stenson
Crew
- Director Volker Schlöndorff
- Writer Colin Metcalfe
- Music David Box
- Editor David Box
- Producer Jack Petrie
Common questions
- How long is Visitation?
- 118 minutes.
- What language is it in? Are there subtitles?
- English dialogue with English subtitles.
- Is there a Cantonese-subtitled version?
- Only English subtitles are confirmed for the Hong Kong release.
- What is the Hong Kong certificate?
- The certificate has not been announced yet.