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director Birgit M?ller
screenplay Ruth Rehmet, Ilja Haller, Milena Baisch, Birgit M?ller, Elke Sudmann
country Germany
year 2006
duration 85 minutes
media 35mm
color Color
language OF
producer Susann Schimk, J?rg Trentmann
production "credoverleih GbR/ Zauberland J?rg Trentmann Schiffbauerdamm 13 10117 Berlin fon: +49 30 257 624 0 fax: +49 30 2570624 22 info@credofilm.de www.credofilm.de"
cast
"Agata Buzek
Devid Streisow
Birol ?nel
Ricarda Me?ner
u.a."
cinematography Kolja Raschke
sound Juri von Krause
editor Piet Schmelz
music Christian Conrad
distribution
"credoverleih GbR/ Zauberland
J?rg Trentmann
Schiffbauerdamm 13
10117 Berlin
fon: +49 30 257 624 0
fax: +49 30 2570624 22
info@credofilm.de
www.credofilm.de"
Right before Christmas the once successful model VALERIE ends up in Berlin. She still has a room in the exclusive Hotel Hyatt, but actually the 29 years old girl is completely broke and without any prospects. She covers the gravity of her situation in front of friends and collegues. When Valerie has to leave her hotel room, she doesn?t even have enough money to pay the fee for the parking lot. From that point on, she spends the nights in her car and lives like a stowaway in the world of the rich and beautiful.
directors statement
The idea was inspired by an article on an american phanomena, the so called ?shadow women?. Beautiful women between glamourous catwalks, parties and champaign. But then also without a home, sleeping in their cars or even in the parcs. The film is about the high and the low, the opposition between outside and inside, between shine and truth and what happens to a soul under this condition. Valerie swings between the different worlds. The story takes place on four days at christmas time. A tale about modern homelessness, about beauty and honesty.
biography
Born 1972 in Osnabr?ck, Germany. Since 1994 works as materialassistant and cameraassistant. 1994-96 studies at the staatliche Fachschule f?r Optik und Film (SFOF) in Berlin. 2003 feature film-jury membership at Sehs?chte Babelsberg. Since 1997 studies at German Film- and Television Academy (dffb) camera and director. Since 2003 director for TV and cinema among other things Pall Mall, Twix, FCB, Musicload, Huyndai, Monster, T-Com
filmography
"? 8 - Shortfilm by Catharina Deus, 16mm, 2000
Fl?gge - Kleines Fernsehspiel ZDF, by Elke Hauck, 16mm, 82min., 2001
Der Freund der Friseuse - Shortfilm by Catharina Deus, S-16mm, 2001
Risking my Soul - Musicvideo for the group Deadline, 2002
Gombas, Slogans - 2x Kino-Socialspots, Director: Albert Heiser, 2002
Liebe Wurst Europa - Coproduction SFB ?DFFB, DV-Cam, 30 min, 2002 Director: Volkmar Umlauft
F?r immer f?r dich - Debut im Dritten, SWR/ARTE, by Lih Jannowitz, S-16mm, 2002
Marina - Shortfilm by Tereza Curzio, S-16mm, 2003
Die Boxerin (about a girl) - credofilm / ZDF Das kleine Fernsehspiel, Director: Catharina Deus, 105 min, 2005
Souvenir from Berlin - Shortfilm, Talentcampus Berlinale 2005"
