Crystal Globe Competition 2021 / Nö / Germany 2021
Isn’t the trajectory of a shared life determined in advance? Get married, have kids, be like everyone else… According to Dietrich Brüggemann, who competed in Vary six years ago, 30-somethings conceivably have it all, yet they fail in their attempts to achieve their set ideals. Nö delivers a critique of contemporary values, while also highlighting the struggle to find and nurture love.
“Sometimes I think we should break up,” Michael tells Dina, with whom he has spent five happy years. Isn’t the trajectory of a shared life determined in advance? Get married, have kids, be like everyone else… Thirteen episodes map out the protagonists’ coexistence after Dina dispels her boyfriend’s misgivings and takes a firm decision on the future of their relationship. Dietrich Brüggemann once again presents a critique of social values and attitudes, this time focusing on the generation of 30-somethings who appear to have it all, yet fail in their attempts to achieve their set ideals. Despite its characteristic barbed tone, the provocative filmmaker’s new picture is a testimony of love and the responsibility that comes with it, likewise of the endeavour not to lose sight of it.
Sandra Hezinová
119 min / Color, DCP
International premiere
Director Dietrich Brüggemann
/ Screenplay Anna Brüggemann, Dietrich Brüggemann
/ Dir. of Photography Alexander Sass
/ Editor Vincent Assmann
/ Producer Martin Heisler, Gabriele Simon
/ Production FLARE FILM
/ Coproduction Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg rbb, ARTE
/ Cast Anna Brüggemann, Alexander Khuon, Isolde Barth, Hanns Zischler, Petra Schmidt-Schaller
/ Sales The Match Factory
/ Contact Edith Kleibel
Dietrich Brüggemann (1976, Munich). Selected filmography: More Light (Mehr Licht, 2000, short), The Sisters from Rosensteig Castle (Die Schwestern von Schloss Rosensteig, 2004, short), Run If You Can (Renn, wenn du kannst, 2010), Stations of the Cross (Kreuzweg, 2014), Heil (2015), Nö (2021).
The Match Factory
Domstrasse 60, 50668, Cologne
Germany
Phone: +49 221 539 7090
E-mail: [email protected]
Edith Kleibel
Phone: +493 088 714 40
E-mail: [email protected]
Dietrich Brüggemann
Film Director
Anna Brüggemann
Actress, Screenwriter
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