Desire Will Set You Free

Desire Will Set You Free is a feature film that explores life in contemporary Berlin with an often critical and sometimes humorous eye. Based on a true story, the plot follows the relationship of an American writer of Israeli/Palestinian descent and a Russian aspiring artist working as a hustler, offering access to the city's vibrant queer and underground scenes while examining the differences between expatriate and refugee life. Our characters travel through Berlin's layered history and unique subcultural landscape; on their adventures they discover influences and remnants of the Weimar Republic, WWII, the Bowie years, and punk.Desire Will Set You Free featuring Yony Leyser and Tim Fabian Hoffman is streaming with subscription on Fandor, free on Tubi, and streaming with subscription on Kanopy. It's a comedy and drama movie with a less than average IMDb audience rating of 4.4 (207 votes).