IT WILL RAIN STONES

  • A daring escape with a ruthless hit squad hot on their heels - the ultimate high-stakes race against time.
  • A brilliant, highly cinematic thriller of immense visual power - gritty, fast-paced, and breathless.

2035. Deep beneath the earth lies Terrapolis. A world without sunlight, a world without a future. A world where the dead are condemned to live on. For former union leader and miner Dante Palazzo and the ruthless military policeman Majid Ramzy, only one thing matters: escaping to the surface. Equipped with a serum that protects them from suffocating above ground, the two emerge in Berlin. While Palazzo desperately searches for his family, Ramzy leaves a bloody trail across the city.

But they are not the only ones who made it to the surface. The regime dispatches a hit squad led by Luka Firmino - a man who was once Ramzy's victim. Soon, police officer Lorraine Diallo and nurse Mona Ramzy are caught in the crossfire, realizing that their own pasts are fatally intertwined with the dead of the underworld. A race against time and the fading effects of the serum begins - a breathtakingly fast-paced story of unbelievable reunions, heartbreaking moments, humor, merciless hatred, and eternal love.

“A master of his own distinct form of neo-noir, Lars Becker has achieved true cult status." Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

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  • Publisher: Rowohlt Berlin
  • Release: 04.09.2026
  • ISBN: 978-3-7371-0259-9
  • 352 Pages
  • Author: Lars Becker

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Lars Becker

Lars Becker , born in Hanover in 1954, is an acclaimed film director and screenwriter. In his "first life," he worked as a bartender in Hamburg’s infamous St. Pauli district. He went on to study film in Hamburg and New York before directing his first features. Becker shot to fame with the cult movie Kanak Attack (based on the novel by Feridun Zaimoglu, with whom he co-wrote the screenplay). This was followed by the hit crime series Nachtschicht , centering on Detective Erichsen (played by Armin Rohde), as well as highly praised films like  Der gute Bulle , Wahrheit oder Lüge , and Der Millionen Raub , all of which drew enthusiastic audiences and critical acclaim. Becker has received numerous accolades, including the German Television Crime Award, the French Television Award, and the German Television Award for Best Director. He lives in Berlin.