Friday, August 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Vidiots, Los Angeles
**Screenwriter**: Frank Ripploh **Producer**: Frank Ripploh, Horst Schier, Laurens Straub A delicious mixture of audaciousness and sweetness, candid, unfiltered, and funny, this vintage slice of humor and homoerotica is a triumph of international and queer cinema. Marking the 45th anniversary of its original release, Frank Ripploh’s groundbreaking autobiographical debut returns in a new restoration — offering a vivid, uncompromising portrait of queer life in West Berlin at the dawn of the 1980s. By day, Frank is a dedicated schoolteacher. By night, he embraces the sexual freedoms of the city’s underground scene—navigating a double life in public restrooms, cinemas, and cruising spots. When he meets Bernd, a sweet and steady museum worker, Frank finds himself torn between the comfort of domestic partnership and the allure of anonymous desire. Unapologetically explicit and deeply personal, *Taxi Zum Klo* shattered taboos upon its release and remains a landmark of queer cinema. Shot with unfiltered candor and infused with a distinctively wry humor, Ripploh’s film continues to resonate for its fearless exploration of identity, intimacy, and freedom.