Completed - GERMAN - Drama - 96 minutes
A surprising look at the business of foreign aid work with a powerful performance by Maria Furtwängler and the support of Jim Broadbent.
Year of production : 2015 Director(s) : Stever ISABELLE Writer(s) : Isabelle STEVER Cast : Maria FURTWÄNGLER, Mehmet SÖZER, Anne VON KELLER, Dorka GRYLLUS Producer(s) : Ingmar TROST (SUTOR KOLONKO FILMPRODUKTION)
Dorothea, an aid worker with a humanitarian organization, has launched a project to help the people of a land menaced by civil war. The luxury of her wealthy world finds a cynical reflection in the poverty evident all around. Then she embarks upon an affair with the much younger Alec, who seems to be simply an attractive 24-year-old Arab drifter. Their two worlds collide, impelled by their mutual lust for adventure. What appears to be reality becomes unbalanced, raising the question of having and being. Who exactly is helping whom? As her passion increases, Dorothea loses control, jeopardizing not only the project but also her life.
Country(ies) : GERMANY
Busan - BIFF/APM 2015Zurich FF 2015