Synopsis
DOCUMENTARY A journey into the magical world of the Carpathian Mountains. Hamburg director Bernd Schoch on the trail of mushrooms pickers who work and live for months at a time along the Transalpina motorway. Lines of men and women roam through the undergrowth, their eyes to the ground: mushroom-pickers in Romania, seasonal workers searching for local treasure. The film accompanies them in the woods, on car journeys or in the camps they inhabit during the season. Similar to the structure of a mushroom, the story keeps branching out, revealing an informal economy – the mushroom trade, an improvised shoeshop in a forest clearing, gambling with colleagues.
Bio
BERND SCHOCH (*1971) won several awards for his film Aber das Wort Hund bellt ja nicht [But the Word Dog Doesn’t Bark] (2011). In 2014, FILMFEST HAMBURG showed his portrait of a pub Kurze Ecke. Since 2019, he has taught Documentary Film at the Hamburg University of the Fine Arts.
Info
Original Title: Olanda
International Title: Olanda
Category: Documentary feature
Section: Hamburger Filmschau
Version & Subtitles: Romanian OV with German subtitles
Director: Bernd Schoch
Screenplay: Bernd Schoch, André Siegers
Cast/Protagonists: Ileana Mănicea, Valentin Constantin Mănicea, Dobrin Mărunțelu, Ionuț Munteanu, Marian Mărunțelu, Marius Siminel Mărunțelu, Mihaela Mărunțelu, Victor Pavalescu, Ovidiu Pavalescu, Sorin Tănase, Nicolae Căpațâna
Production country: Germany
Year of Production: 2019
Length: 154 min
Producer: Frank Scheuffele, Karsten Krause
Production company: Fünferfilm
Cinematography: Simon Quack
Editor: Bernd Schoch, André Siegers
Music: Pete Kember, Sonic Boom, Thomas Weber, Kammerflimmer Kollektief
