Documentary - 2K - 5.1 - 97 min - 2018
A production of Wendländische Filmkooperative in cooperation with about:film. Financed by Norddeutschen Rundfunk (NDR), Filmförderung Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein and nordmedia – Film- und Mediengesellschaft Niedersachsen/Bremen.
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team Script & Director Rosa Hannah Ziegler DOP Matteo Cocco Editor Rosa Hannah Ziegler Gerhard Ziegler Assistant of the Director Willi Reinecke Sound Siegfried Fischer Thomas Mayr Christian Grundey Class -Benjamin Berger Sound Design, Foleys, Mix Clemens Endreß Sound Editor Simone Weber Digital Post Production Optical Art Head of Production Benjamin Wüpper Color Grading Jochen Hinrichs-Stöldt Music Supervisor Simon Frontzek Music August A. Braatz Production Wendländische Filmkooperative Associate Production about:film Producer Roswitha Ziegler Associate Producer Markus Kaatsch Managing Editor NDR Timo Großpietsch Barbara Denz Line Producer NDR Jost Nolting Dramaturgy Christian Becker Katharina Pethke
Production Wendländische FilmkooperativeRoswitha ZieglerDickfeitzen 1329496 Waddeweitz, Germany post@wfko.de www.wfko.de
ASSOCIATE PRODUCTION about:film e.K.Markus KaatschRiemannstr. 2110961 Berlin, Germany info@about-film.de www.about-film.de
Director Rosa Hannah Ziegler rh.ziegler@gmail.com www.rosa-hannah-ziegler.com
Film Festival Agency aug&ohr medienMarkus KaatschRiemannstr. 2110961 Berlin, Germany film@augohr.de www.augohr.de
Biggi and Alfred used to be a couple, but life’s tough if you don’t have gainful employment and so they are still living together on a run-down farm in Saxony-Anhalt. Biggi’s daughters Denise (17) and Saskia (14) are trying to make their way in life but are hindered, both by the emotional roller-coaster that is puberty and their fragmented schooling which has featured bullying, bouts of anxiety and various spells in homes. The adults try to give them stability, but they are battling their own demons. They have big dreams of a Western town or a stud farm, but without money their bucolic idyll of horses and dogs soon feels like the end of the world.
Rosa Hannah Ziegler creates a close, sensitive relationship with her protagonists that also gives them the space to express with dignity their vulnerability and brokenness. Ziegler’s family microcosm allows her to portray life on the margins and a group of individuals who, though excluded and powerless against institutions, are still full of dreams for a better future.