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KILLING STELLA (WIR TÖTEN STELLA)
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Completed - GERMAN - Drama - 100 minutes

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2017 (Debut)
  • Berlin EFM 2018 (Premiere)
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Year of production : 2017

Director(s) : Julian PÖLSLER
Cast : Martina GEDECK, Matthias BRANDT, Mala EMDE

Producer(s) : Dieter POCHLATKO (epo-film produktionsges.m.b.h.), Jakob POCHLATKO (epo-film produktionsges.m.b.h. )

Synopsis

To take up her studies in the city, shy and introvert Stella is set up with Anna’s family by her mother in order to live in Anna‘s house. Anna and her successful
lawyer husband Richard take her in hesitatingly and also their only teenage son does not embrace Stella’s presence. Despite her initial hesitations Anna recognises Stella’s hidden beauty and buys her clothes that turn Stella into an attractive young women. Richard also notices her transformation and seduces Stella who gives in and briefly seems to bloom in this hidden and guilty relationship. When Anna finds out about their affair she is unable to confront as is her son who had already found out earlier and both remain silent. Even after Richard finally spurns and forsakes a pregnant and desperate Stella Anna and her son remain silent, with Stella becoming their joint victim. KILLING STELLA (“Wir töten Stella”) is based on the novel by Austrian writer Marlen Haushofer, who also wrote THE WALL (“Die Wand”). KILLING STELLA is an ice-cold examination of a failed marriage and the self-reproach of a wife and mother. It is a prequel to THE WALL in both literary and cinematic terms.

Production

Country(ies) : GERMANY

GERMANY Jan 18, 2018 AV VISIONEN GMB


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Festivals and Awards

Berlin European Film Market (EFM) 2018


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