VALERIE
a film by birgit möller
right before christmas the once successful model valerie ends up in berlin. she still has a room in the exclusive hotel hyatt, but actually the 29 year old girl is completely broke and without any prospects. in front of her friends and collegues she hides the seriousness of her situation.
from that point on, she spends the nights in her car and lives like a stowaway in the world of the rich and beautiful. with charme and audacity she grifts to survive. meanwhile, her tentative efforts to explain the situation to her friends fail. only andre, the parking attendant becomes a witness of her double life. in the uneventful world of his workplace the homeless beauty is a sensation.
cast: agata buzek, devid striesow, birol ünel, anne sarah hartung, sabine vitua, miriam sachs, jevgenij sitochin, guntbert warns
screenplay: ruth rehmet, ilja haller, milena baisch, birgit möller, elke sudmann
director: birgit möller
photography: kolja raschke
sound: juri von krause
editor: piet schmelz
lighting: torsten weiden
production design: dorothee von bodelschwing
costume design: bettina saul, nina hein
make up: henrike kessler
music: christian conrad
casting: nadine tröber
executive producer: martin heisler
editor zdf: lucas schmidt
producer: susann schimk, jörg trentmann
fiction, 85 min., 35mm, colour, dolby sr, 1:1,85, 25fps
credo:film in co-production with zdf das kleine fernsehspiel and dffb
distribution company
zauberland
awards: hff / gwff award ceremony of graduates award 2007: nominated for best graduated film, 15th hamptons international film festival, usa (2007): best feature film award, 12th berlin & beyond film festival san francisco, usa (2007): best first feauture mk award, 6th tiburon international film festival, usa: federico fellini award, new european film festival vitoria-gasteiz, spain (2007): best european film award, best director (birgit möller), best actress (agatha buzek)
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