Synopse
The year is 2020. Worldwide, billions of people are exposed to digital and medial saturation and suffer from narcissism, hedonism, careerism and consumer mania. The result: hundreds of millions in the First World fall ill with anhedonia - an incapability to feel joy, desire or satisfaction. Franz and Fritz Freudenthal, two very different but inseparable aristo kids, are also victims of the epidemic. In a life devoid of purpose and tormented by their pathetic, pleasureless and fun-free lives, they vegetate. But there is still hope. World-famous psychotherapist Prof. Dr.Immanuel Young has developed a unique pleasure-stimulus therapy, which the brothers see their only hope of a solution. Anhedonia is a grotesque tale set in Hamburg with Robert Stadlober, Blixa Bargeld and Dirk von Lowtzow in the lead roles.
Regie
PATRICK SIEGFRIED ZIMMER (*1977) studied interdisciplinary design at the University of Fine Arts in Bremen and made a series of music videos, including his music project Finn. Anhedonia is his debut feature film.
Info
Original Title: Anhedonia »Narzissmus als Narkose«
International Title: Anhedonia »Narcissism as Narcosis«
Category: Feature
Section: Hamburger Filmschau
Version & Subtitles: German OV
Director & Screenplay: Patrick Siegfried Zimmer
Cast/Protagonists: Robert Stadlober, Wieland Schönfelder, Flo Fernandez, Blixa Bargeld, Dirk von Lowtzow, Matthias Scheuring, Paula Kalenberg, Paul Pötsch
Production country: Germany
Year of Production: 2015
Length: 79 min
Producer: Klaus Maeck, Patrick Siegfried Zimmer, Robert Stadlober
Production company: Interzone Pictures, PSZ Pictures
Cinematography: Marius von Felbert, Julia Lohmann
Editor: Habiba Laout
Music: Patrick Siegfried Zimmer
Production Design: Patrick Siegfried Zimmer
World Sales: Interzone Pictures
