The film deals with the pain felt at the death of one?s mother. A young woman?s voice-over talks about the impossibility of coming to terms with this pain through various therapies. She does this with the same laconic humour which marks the images of the film. They are images of absurd moments which reveal the faultline running through the world, when everything in life seems somehow wrong. It makes us laugh, but this laughter is always a way to recognise a pain that won?t go away. Anna Berger uses simple means to find strong images and words for a form of mourning based on humour.

anna berger

born: frankfurt/main 1975

1997-2005 studied at the academy of art and design offenbach, diploma

studied film (prof. helmut herbst and prof. rotraut pape)

and experimental spatial concepts (prof. heiner blum)

films (selection)

2000 dish, 4min, 16mm farbe/beta, dokumentarfilm

2001 where the rabbit sleeps/sensorama, zus. mit michel kl?fkorn, 4min, dv, musikvideo

2002 hose, 2min, dv

2004 ballet, zus. mit michel kl?fkorn, 3min, dv

2005 untitled, 12min, dv