Synopse
A thousand tears deep: a tragicomic road movie about the sadness of an odd couple on their way to Italy. Paula (Luna Wedler) is going through a phase of deep mourning after losing her little brother to the sea at Trieste. Plagued by feelings of guilt, she seems to have lost the will to live. When she comes across grumpy old Helmut (Edgar Selge), who is taking the urn containing his wife’s ashes to Italy, she finally sees a glimmer of hope: in Trieste, she will at last be able to feel close to her brother again. On the eventful journey, she and Helmut develop an unexpected friendship – which awakens new joie de vivre in Paula.
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EILEEN BYRNE (*1984 in Luxemburg) studied Direction at the HFF Munich. Her graduation film Was bleibt (2018) won several prizes. Marianengraben is her debut feature.
Info
Original Title: Marianengraben
International Title: The Mariana Trench
Category: Feature
Section: Kaleidoscope
Version & Subtitles: German OV with English subtitles
Director: Eileen Byrne
Screenplay: Eileen Byrne basierend auf dem gleichnamigen Roman von Jasmin Schreiber
Cast/Protagonists: Luna Wedler, Edgar Selge
Production country: Luxembourg, Italy, Austria
Year of Production: 2023
Length: 82 min
Producer: Bernard Michaux
Production company: Samsa Film
Cinematography: Petra Korner
Sound: Flora Rajakowitsch, Rudolf Pototschnig, Laurenz Öllinger
Editor: Barbara Seidler
Music: Claire Parsons
Production Design: Martin Reiter
Costume Design: lldiko Okolicsanyi
Casting: Rebekka Abatiello
co-production company: Abolina Film
Distributor: Tobias Lehmann, Alamode Filmdistribution ohG
