Completed - LUXEMBOURGISH, GERMAN - Drama, Thriller, First film - 117 minutes
In this surrealist rural noir, starring Frederick Lau and Vicky Krieps, a thief from a distant German city finds refuge in a small Luxembourgish village. As he is gradually integrated into the community, it emerges that he’s not the only one with a past to hide.
Year of production : 2017 Director(s) : Govinda VAN MAELE Writer(s) : Govinda VAN MAELE Cast : Frederick LAU, Vicky KRIEPS, Marco LORENZINI Producer(s) : Gilles CHANIAL (LES FILMS FAUVES), Olivier DUBOIS (NOVAK PROD), Melanie BLOCKSDORF (PROPELLERFILM)
Jens, a small time crook on the run, is only expecting to spend the night when he makes a stop in the village of Schandelsmillen. When he meets Lucy Loschetter and spends that night with her, his plan slowly disintegrates. Soon he finds himself working in the village as a farm hand, joining the brass brand as a novice trumpeter and sharing farmer gossip in the local café. After the big city gangsters that are after him drop by the village, but fail to recognise him, he figures he has found the perfect cover. Perfect, except for that lingering sensation that something is not quite right. Something dark is lurking behind the village's immaculate surface, but Jens has a hard time figuring out exactly what it is. Does it involve Lucy's violent former lover? Is it linked to the abandoned farm outside the village? Or to the burned-out car he found in the forest? Is Lucy even to be trusted? On his quest for the truth, Jens get drawn in deeper and deeper. When he eventually re-emerges he will have, quite literally, become another person.
Country(ies) : LUXEMBOURG, BELGIUM, GERMANY Financing plan : Novak Prod (BE) - CoproducerPropellerfilm Gmbh (DE) - CoproducerFilm Fund Luxembourg - Writing & Development SupportFilm Fund Luxembourg - Production SupportEURIMAGES - Production Support Centre de l'Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie Bruxelles - Production SupportTax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral de Belgique - Financial SupportShelterProd & Taxshelter.Be - Coproduction & Financial support ZDF/ARTE - Coproduction & TV PresaleZDF Das Kleine Fernsehspiel - TV Presale Start of shooting : July 2016
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Toronto - TIFF 2017 DiscoveryTokyo International Film Festival 2017 (Asian Premiere / Competition)Oaxaca Film Festival 2017Chennai International Film Festival 2017 (Indian Premiere)Toronto - TIFF 2017 (World Premiere / Discovery Section)Cairo IFF 2017 (Arab Premiere / International Panorama)American Film Institute European Union Film Showcase 2017 (US Premiere)Premiers Plans 2018 (Competition)Max Ophuls 2018 (German Premiere / Competition)IFF Rotterdam 2018 (Dutch Premiere / Bright Future)Film Comment Series at the Lincoln Center 2018 (NY Premiere)Luxembourg City Film Festival 2018 (Audience Award / International Competition)Offscreen Film Festival 2018 (Belgium Premiere)Minneapolis St Paul International Film F 2018Innovative International Film Festival 2018Lucca Film Festival 2018Lëtzebuerger Filmpräis 2018 (Best Luxembourgish Feature Film)Palm Springs International Film Festival 2018 (Californian Premiere)BAFICI (Buenos Aires) 2018 (South American Premiere)Academy Awards 2019 (Luxembourgish Submission for Best Foreign Language Film)