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Phantoms of July (2025)90 minComedy, DramaRating 55/100

Turquoise stones shimmer alongside the dream of unlikely community in Julian Radlmaier’s capacious and beguiling film. As interlocking stories illumine both the surreal frustrations and pleasurable delusions of romantic longing, this time-hopping fable stays satisfyingly bittersweet to the core.

Cast: Clara Schwinning, Maral Keshavarz, Henriette Confurius, Paula Schindler, Kyung-Taek Lie, Ghazal Shojaei, Buksori Lie

Director: Julian Radlmaier