Synopsis
Do I stay or do I go? Ulrich Köhler‘s and Henner Winckler‘s sensitive filmic examination of the challenges of growing up. Jette (Maj-Britt Klenke) is about to start a voluntary year of community service in South America. Her single dad Urs (Sebastian Rudolph) strongly recommended it to her to prevent her from ending up just hanging about in the provinces. But Jette is torn between her boyfriend (Thomas Schubert) and the desire to live up to her father’s expectations. At the airport she decides against the trip and goes into hiding. When Urs finds her, he has to see that he can’t force his daughter’s development.
Bio
ULRICH KÖHLER (*1969) in Marburg, aufgewachsen in Zaire/Afrika. Kunststudium in Quimper und Hamburg. Ab Ende der 1990er Jahre filmische Arbeiten wie Bungalow (2002), Am Montag kommen die Fenster (2005) und Schlafkrankheit (2011) für den er den Silbernen Bären der Berlinale für die beste Regie erhielt.
Info
Original Title: Das freiwillige Jahr
International Title: A Voluntary Year
Category: Feature
Section: Televisionen
Version & Subtitles: German OV with English subtitles
Director & Screenplay: Ulrich Köhler, Henner Winckler
Cast/Protagonists: Maj-Britt Klenke, Sebastian Rudolph, Thomas Schubert, Katrin Röver, Daniel Nocke, Stefan Stern, Margarita Breitkreiz, Helmut Florian Rupprecht, Hussein Eliraqui
Production country: Germany
Year of Production: 2019
Length: 86 min
Producer: Ingmar Trost, Katrin Schlösser
Production company: Sutor Kolonko für WDR
Cinematography: Patrick Orth
Editor: Laura Lauzemis
Production Design: Pelin Gebhard, Ivana Vukovic
Commissioning Editor: Corinna Liedtke
