by Valentin Merz
An angry punk in Berlin or a pilgrim in Lourdes, a woman with a disability in the 19th century or a film director wallowing in his self-pity, the film embraces different identities, jumping through centuries and landscapes. Until the adventure takes a new turn and unfolds as a mysterious crime thriller with Youtubers, confined to a castle in France.
This project has been initiated by filmmaker Valentin Merz and the actress Maxi Schmitz. It's structured in various fragments that have been created over a period of six years, starting in 2014. They vary in terms of form and narrative quality. Some fragments are short, like a gesture and only sketch the characters and story, while others could be independent short films in themselves. It was important to express things that cannot be put into words, and to give free rein to our ideas, inspirations, logics and passions, while maintaining a tentative connection to reality. The film is an experimental laboratory where, throughout the course of several years of intimate and artistic collaboration, we have tested hybrid forms, both documentary and fictional.
DIRECTING
Valentin Merz
SCRIPTWRITING
Valentin Merz
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Stefan Neuberger
Robin Mognetti
SOUND
César Fernandez
SOUND DESIGN
Adrien Kessler
EDITING
Valentin Merz
Robin Mognetti
MUSIC
Amélie Chemin
PRODUCTION
Andrea Film
WITH
Maxi Schmitz
Jeanne Werner
Nele Jahnke
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Fiction, HD,∞ Color / 16:9 / 5.1 Dolby Sound Language: German, Swiss-German