Directed by:
Lisa BierwirthCinematography:
Jenny Lou ZiegelCast:
Ursula Strauss, Passi, Alex Brendemühl, Hanns Zischler, Victoria Trauttmansdorff, Denis Mpunga, Agnieszka Piwowarska, Alexander E. Fennon, Tobias Lenel (more)Plots(1)
Perhaps they should never have met, but fate wanted otherwise. Their lives intersect while they are hiding in the rear room of a bar during a police raid, when the first of many sparks flies between them. Monika and Joseph. She works as a curator at a gallery, he is a businessman originally from Congo. Their worlds could not be more different. Monika’s friends are intellectuals, while Joseph lives among a vibrant community of often illegal African immigrants. Can their relationship last? Their friends don’t think so, and it seems that even the lovers themselves are sometimes fumbling in the dark. An understated love story, a melodrama without pathos, a fragile story about the ambiguous nature of love and the impossibility of overcoming it through reason. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Ursula Strauss
Austria
Best movies:
Michael (2011)
Revenge (2008)
My Best Enemy (2011)
Passi
Congo
Best movies:
Prince (2021)
Skate or Die (2008)
Alex Brendemühl
Spain
Best movies:
El perqué de tot plegat (1994)
Among Wolves (2011)
7 Years (2016)
Hanns Zischler
Germany
Best movies:
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
Europa Europa (1990)
The Meetings of Anna (1978)
Victoria Trauttmansdorff
Austria
Best movies:
System Crasher (2019)
The Golden Glove (2019)
Hannah Arendt (2012)
Denis Mpunga
Best movies:
The Climb (2017)
Lola (2019)
In the Name of the Son (2012)
Agnieszka Piwowarska
Poland
Best movies:
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Prince (2021)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Alexander E. Fennon
Austria
Best movies:
My Best Enemy (2011)
Woman in Gold (2015)
Murer - Anatomy of a Trial (2018)
Katrin Wichmann
Best movies:
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Prince (2021)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Tatjana Pasztor
Best movies:
Prince (2021)