A FISH SWIMMING UPSIDE DOWN

Andrea, a woman without a past - playful, straightforward, ethereal, vivacious, candid, unpredictable. Philipp and Martin, his son love Andrea. Andrea’s presence shall fill the void that Hannah´s death has left in their hearts, the recently deceased wife and mother. A summer of fulfilled passion begins. But the inner emptiness of each individual soon demands for consolation, commitment and, not least, security. To possess becomes an urge. Love is suppressed by fear and present daily life is being suffocated under the weight of tomorrow. Three persons. One house. They live and behave outside of social norms and finally fail, because of their all too human needs. All that remains in the end, is emptiness and the question after guilt which must remain unanswered.

Feature, GER 2020, 103 min

ARRI Amira, Dolby Surround 5.1

Screening FormatsDCP, Blu-Ray, Quicktime

Original LanguageGerman

SubtitlesEnglish

Tirana Film Festival
International Literature Festival Ruse
70. Berlinale - Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin - Perspektive Deutsches Kino
Filmmuseum Potsdam
24. Sofia International Film Festival
22. Seoul International Women's Film Festival
49. Edition of Sehsüchte International Film Festival
47. Edition of International Film Fest Gent
19. FILMZ Festival des deutschen Kinos
European Film Forum Scanorama - International Film Festival in Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda and Šiauliaiilnius
21. International Film Festival of Tbilisi
52. International Film Festival of India, Goa
19. Pune International Film Festival
Duitsland Instituut Amsterdam, Filmhuis Lumen (Delft), Het Ketelhuis (Amsterdam)

CAST

NINA SCHWABE

THEO TREBS

HENNING KOBER

ANNA MANOLOVA

MÁRTON NAGY

LEON ULLRICH

CREW

Director & ScriptELIZA PETKOVA

Director of PhotographyCONSTANZE SCHMITT

ProducerKONSTANTIN KANN

Costume Design & Make Up Artist NURIA HEYCK,
ANNA PHILIPPA MÜLLER

GafferDAVID SCHMITT

Set DesignMIREN OLLER

Sound HANNES MARGET,
EMIL MORGENSTERN

Assistant DirectorWILLY KRISTEN

Production Assistant NEELE SCHRÖDER,
JULITA WITT,
MARIE NORDMANN

Boom OperatorVAZEH MUSTAFA

Prop Maker ANN-CHRISTIN HANSEN,
TIZIANA SCHINDLER

SteadicamKONSTANTIN KANN

Assistant Camera SIRINTON KAOMANIT,
MALTE SIEPEN,
CHRISTINA AMATE GARCIA,
NORWIN HATSCHBACH,
ELIAS FRITZ,
DANIEL MERGET,
JENS HALLMANN,
JULIAN SCHMITT,
KATHARINA HAUKE,
KONSTANTIN MINNICH,
PAUL ROHLFS

Electrician ANNA ILIN,
SINA ESLAMI,
LYDIA RICHTER,
MALTE SIEPEN,
BEN BERNHARD,
NINA REICHMANN,
PAUL NÄTHER,
JULIAN LÜCK

Assistant Set Design HAUKE MAGUHN,
JOHN MCINTOSH,
EHSAN MORSHED SEFAT,
PAULINA CONSTANZA RADIC LOPEZ,
JO-MORITZ KRAH,
SVEN PHILIPP POHL

Assistant WardrobeCHARLOTTE SCHWÄRMER

Hair DresserDIMITAR TRANEV

Set Assistant PAVEL BOZHILOV,
JANEK NEAL LOUIS

Stills PhotographerLOK KINWAH

Catering FELIPE DAMM,
WANDA KONIETZNY,
ANNA ENGELMANN,
ANNIKA GASSEBERGER

Editor ELIZA PETKOVA,
HANNES MARGET

Color GradingINGO SCHUMACHER

Motion Graphics GUNAR LAUBE,
DIRK HEYMANN

Sound DesignHANNES MARGET

Sound EditingJOSCHA EICKEL

Sound MixingJAN PASEMANN

Foley ArtistPETER ROIGK

Production DEUTSCHE FILM- UND FERSEHAKADEMIE BERLIN
(Production Management: ANDREAS LOUIS)

DAS KIND MIT DER GOLDENEN JACKE
/MATHIEU MIVILLE & NATHAN NILL
(Production Management: CAROLINE SCHELLER)

REKA PICTURES
/ELIZA PETKOVA & KONSTANTIN KANN

WILD GRASS FILMS
/EDMOND YANG