10 · 16 · 11 Volker Schlöndorff presents La mer à l'aube Share with twitter Share with facebook Share with mail Copy to clipboard Administrador FICM Director Daniela Michel, who introduced the filmmaker, said, "It is a great honor to have him with us today, presenting a program of his choosing. It is very interesting, especially the film Young Törless, (1965), which marked the beginning of the New German Cinema." With his great sense of humor, Schlöndorff said that when he was in Mexico 40 years ago he learned words he would never forget. "I had a girlfriend who would tell me 'long distance love is for fools.' Yesterday afternoon I felt a little bit foolish." Prior to the screening, the director said, "This is the first time I'm going to see it on the big screen. I just finished it on Wednesday so I ask for your indulgence. If there are any problems, I'll work on it again. Your feedback is very important to me." In relation to the film, Schlöndorff said, "It takes place during the Second World War. I have a 19-year-old daughter who always asks me, 'Why the war again? Enough!' I tell her it's my epoch -- in times of war, people experience life more dramatically and their stories are more interesting. It really doesn't matter if the film was made about the Roman Empire... Human behavior is always the same."
