Mercy

OT: Gnade

Matthias Glasner // Norway, Germany, 2012
Fiction Feature // FF2012

Story

Hammerfest is a Norwegian city on the Arctic Ocean. In winter, life alternates between pitch-black night and endless twilight.A German couple (Birgit Minichmayr, Jürgen Vogel) and their son live here: Nils is an engineer on a gas liquification plant, Maria a nurse in a hospice. They’ve adapted well to the occasionally unreal world of night shadows. One day, Maria runs over someone or something.Feeling unable to deal with the situation, she races home in panic. As matters develop, existential questions arise. Can one live without mercy and forgiveness?An ensemble melodrama with impressive cinematography.

Director

MATTHIAS GLASNER (*1965) is one of the most creative talents in German cinema and TV. He works as an author, director, actor, producer and musician.

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Info

Original title: Gnade

Film type: Fiction Feature

Original language: German

Section: Nordlichter//FF2012

Production country: Norway, Germany

Produced: 2012

Runtime: 131 min

Language and subtitles: OV

Director: Matthias Glasner

Screenplay: Kim Fupz Aakeson

Cast: Jürgen Vogel, Birgit Minichmayr, Henry Stange, Ane Dahl Torp, Maria Bock

Producer: Kristine Knudsen, Matthias Glasner, Andreas Born; Aage Aaberge; Daniel Blum (ZDF); Anne Even (arte)

DoP: Jakub Bejnarowicz

Editor: Heike Gnida

Music: Home Sweet Home

Production design: Sabine Keller

German Distributor: Alamode Filmdistribution OHG

World Sales: Beta Cinema

Production Company: Schwarzweiss Filmproduktion; Ophir Film- und Fernsehproduktion; Knudsen & Streuber Medienmanufaktur; Neofilm AS; Bekkestua; ZDF; arte

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