Synopse
Water, volleyball, moped, love, forest, tall grass, youth, stones, river, cigarettes, sausages, techno, wind, present, chips with ketchup: a shimmering coming-of-age film against loneliness. 17-year old Simon flees from his PE lesson and ends up on a riverbank with a young clique. Time slides by in amongst the airbeds and airheads – until Marie appears and an unexpected incident catapults the two of them into the woods by the river. They escape the lethargy and find themselves in a timeless, enchanted landscape.
Regie
WILLY HANS (*1982 in Freiburg) studied Film at the HFBK Hamburg under Angela Schanelec and Wim Wenders. In 2014, he co-founded the artistic collective »Spengemann Eichberg Goldkamp Hans«. His short films have won numerous prizes. Skill Issue is his feature film debut and had its premiere at the Locarno Film Festival.
Info
Original Title: Der Fleck
International Title: Skill Issue
Category: Feature
Section: Große Freiheit
Version & Subtitles: German OV with English subtitles
Director & Screenplay: Willy Hans
Cast/Protagonists: Leo Kuhn, Alva Schäfer, Shadi Eck, Felix Maria Zeppenfeld, Darja Mahotkin, Marlene Becker, Charlotte Hovenbitzer, Lasse Stadelmann, Ruby M. Lichtenberg, Sina Genschel, Rumo Wehrli, Matthias Neukirch, Michael Neuenschwader, Valentina Fischli, Anouk Barakat
Production country: Switzerland, Germany
Year of Production: 2024
Length: 94 min
Producer: Julia Cöllen, Karsten Krause, Frank Scheuffele
Production company: Fünferfilm
Cinematography: Paul Spengemann
Sound: Marco Teufen
Editor: Willy Hans
Music: Daniel Hobi, Christoph Blawert
Production Design: Stella Rossié, Jakob Spengemann, Jimena Cugat
Costume Design: Stella Rossié, Jakob Spengemann, Jimena Cugat
Casting: Babet Mader
co-production company: 8horses: Michela Pini
Distributor: Grandfilm Gmbh, Grandfilm Verleih
