2016, Germany | 74 min. | fiction – experimental tragicomedy | dffb

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Kenny (31) from Sri Lanka tries to further his career as a musician in Berlin. He rents a spare room from Rola (80) who lives alone in a big house on the outskirts of Berlin. Two generations from two cultures meet each other and share the same living space. While the elderly lady Rola struggles with her past, Kenny is preoccupied with his present situation. For Kenny two conflicting circumstances develop, which bring Rola and him closer together. Generational differences, inter-culturality and trilingualism within a setting of daily life.

Festivals

30. Braunschweig International Film Festival 2016
15. PIFF – Pune International Film Festival 2017
3. Cinalfama Lisbon International Film Awards 2017

Awards

Best Actress (Rola Radsey) @ 3. Cinalfama Lisbon International Film Awards 2017

Cast

Kenebert Stanley
Rola Radsey
Tatiana Novikova
Ulices Flores
Jean Denis Römer
Harry Piehl
Komet Bernhard

 

Crew

director: Oswaldo Díaz Medina

cinematography: Paul Rohlfs

producer: Tara Biere

editor: Laia Prat

costumes: Frank Bohn

gaffer: Jonathan Beneteau

scenography: Stephan Neidert

assistant director: Antonia Hölzel

production assistant: Olivia Kundisch

original sound: Philipp Phildius, Luis Ceritelli, Tom Evans, Jaime Guijarro-Bustamante, Tom Dittrich

scenography assistant: Carlotta Wachotsch

SFX make-up: Julia Grieshaber

line producer: Andreas Louis