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2012 | Color | 109 min

Germany, 1945. Fifteen-year-old Lore, daughter of high-ranking Nazis, has grown up strongly believing in the Führer. The war is lost and the allies have arrested her parents. Lore and her siblings must take a rough journey to get to where their grandmother lives. Devastation, hunger and grotesque encounters mark their trek through the postwar chaos, and Lore’s slowing unraveling beliefs puzzle her.

 


Country: Alemania, Australia, Reino Unido
Direction: Shortland; Cate
Script: Shortland; Cate, Mukherjee; Robin
Production: Welsh; Paul, Watts; Liz, Drechsel; Benny, Stöter; Karsten
Photography: Arkapaw; Adam
Sound: Petty; Sam, Mackenzie; Robert
Music: Richter; Max
Cast:Rosendahl; Saskia, Malina; Kai, Trebs; Nele, Wagner; Hans-Jochen, Seidel; Mika, Frid; André, Hagen; Eva-Maria, Lardi; Ursina
Art direction: Dehn; Jochen
Participation year at FICM: 2013

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