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Completed - GERMAN - Drama - 105 minutes

Log Line

Summer, 1980. Barbara, a doctor, has applied for an exit visa from the GDR (East Germany). Now, as punishment, she has been transferred from Berlin to a small hospital out in the country, far from everything. Jörg, her lover from the West, is already planning her escape.

Previous markets

  • Berlin EFM 2012 (Screening)
  • Cannes 2012 (Screening)
  • Toronto 2012 (Screening)
Full history

Year of production : 2012

Director(s) : Christian PETZOLD
Writer(s) : Christian PETZOLD
Cast : Nina HOSS, Ronald ZEHRFELD

Producer(s) : Florian KOERNER VON GUSTORF (Schramm Film Koerner & Weber GmbH), Michael WEBER (Schramm Film Koerner & Weber GmbH)

Synopsis

Summer, 1980. Barbara, a doctor, has applied for an exit visa from the GDR (East Germany). Now, as punishment, she has been transferred from Berlin to a small hospital out in the country, far from everything. Jörg, her lover from the West, is already planning her escape.
Barbara waits, keeping to herself. The new apartment, the neighbors, summertime, the countryside – none of that means anything to her. Working as a pediatric surgeon under her new boss Andre, she is attentive when it comes to the patients, but quite distanced toward her colleagues. Her future, she feels, will begin later.
But Andre confuses her. His confidence in her professional abilities, his caring attitude, his smile. Why does he cover for her when she helps the young runaway Sarah? Does he have an assignment to keep track of her? Is he in love? But as the day of her planned escape quickly approaches, Barbara starts to lose control. Over herself, her plans, over love.

Production

Country(ies) : GERMANY

ARGENTINA ZETA FILMS SRL
AUSTRALIA MADMAN ENTERTAI
AUSTRIA STADTKINO FILMV
BRAZIL PROVIDENCE FILM
CANADA EYESTEELFILM
FRANCE DOGMA FILMS
FRANCE PYRAMIDE INTERN
GREECE SEVEN FILMS
HONG KONG EDKO FILMS LTD
ITALY Mar 14, 2013 BIM DISTRIBUZIO
JAPAN NEW SELECT CO.
MEXICO CINETECA NACION
NORWAY ARTHAUS
POLAND AURORA FILMS (P
ROMANIA INDEPENDENTA FI
SPAIN Apr 05, 2013 GOLEM DISTRIBUC
SWEDEN FOLKETS BIO
SWITZERLAN LOOK NOW! FILMD
TURKEY BIR FILM
UNITED KIN THUNDERBIRD REL
UNITED KIN DIFFUSION PICTU
USA ADOPT FILMS


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Festivals and Awards

Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2012 - Competition (Silver Bear - Best director)
Toronto - TIFF 2012 Contemporary World Cinema
New York FF 2012 Main slate
Valladolid IFF 2012
Palm Spring IFF 2013 Best Foreign Language Film


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