The Smashing Machine (123') - Cinema Talks in English

A24 presents a biographical sports drama film based on the life and career of MMA fighter Mark Kerr, for which director Benny Safdie won a Silver Lion of 82nd Venice International Film Festival. You are to buy your own ticket for the screening at approx. 19:00, we also plan to gather after the show for a drink and some tapas to discuss the film.

The Smashing Machine is a 2025 American drama written, directed, co-produced, and edited by Benny Safdie. It stars Dwayne Johnson as former amateur wrestler and MMA fighter Mark Kerr, alongside Emily Blunt as Kerr's wife Dawn Staples