Story
A wild, unpredictable night in Sarajevo – and the question: What’s left when war comes to an end? Selma (Mersiha Husagic), a young author from Sarajevo, has written a screenplay in which she processes her experiences as a refugee from the war in Bosnia. Then, four weeks before shooting starts, the project is cancelled. While Selma drowns her sorrows in alcohol, she forgets to tell all the cast and crew the shoot has been called off. Including actor Niklas (Niklas Löffler), who has already arrived in Sarajevo and now decides on the spur of the moment to stay. When he bumps into Selma, worlds collide – and a night of chaos, joy and destruction begins.
Director
MERSIHA HUSAGIC (*1989 in Bosnia) was born in the former Yugoslavia and came to Hamburg with her family in 1992. Here, she attended acting school and has worked as an actor ever since. In 2015, she began studying at the Hamburg Arts University. Cherry Juice is her feature film debut.Trailer
Info
Cherry Juice
Fiction Feature
Bosnian, German, English
Hamburger Premieren | FF2024
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, France
2023
88 min
OV with German and English subtitles
Mersiha Husagic
Mersiha Husagic
Niklas Löffler, Mersiha Husagic, Aline Oliveira, Tina Jansen, Hurmeta Husagic , Malte Arnold
Mersiha Husagic , Birgit Gernböck
Oliver Nimz
Christian Grundey, Alexander Precht
Mersiha Husagic
Casper Clemens, Markus Maria Hübner, Alexander Precht
Bertrand Boisselier
Mersiha Husagic
Italien, Lo Scrittoio Sas
Hochschule für Bildenden Künste
Bertrand Boisselier, Hurmeta und Senad Husagic, Niklas Löffler
Tags
MemoriesFamily and RelationshipsWomenFriendshipHistoryViolenceHumourWarArtistsLove and RomanceMigration and OriginsEastern EuropeFemale DirectorsSexualityDeath and LossTrauma