Crystal Globe Competition 2022 / The Ordinaries / Germany 2022
Paula is a supporting role aspiring to become a main character. Yet, just before her final exams, her emotive music generator suddenly starts playing up, which presents a major problem for her. No starring role can survive without a heartrending accompaniment from the strings. The Ordinaries is a film about what it’s like to live in a film. An enchanting ode to cinema, a whirl of ideas, and playfulness in every take.
At the moment Paula is only an ordinary supporting role, but she’s got her final exams coming up at the school for main characters. However, her emotive music generator suddenly starts playing up, which is a huge setback for her. No starring role can survive without the accompaniment of a rousing string section and haunting melodies on the piano. No-one has any idea what the problem is, so the girl has to try and find a solution for herself. She sets off on a road that takes her not only into her family’s past, but also into a world on the fringes, a world of outtakes and illicit dealers in sound effects… This is a film about what it’s like to live in a film. An enchanting ode to cinema, a whirl of ideas, and playfulness in every take – these are the distinguishing features of The Ordinaries.
Anna Kořínek
120 min / Color, Black & White, DCP
International premiere
Director Sophie Linnenbaum
/ Screenplay Sophie Linnenbaum, Michael Fetter Nathansky
/ Dir. of Photography Valentin Selmke
/ Music Fabian Zeidler
/ Sound Nicolas Voß
/ Editor Kai Eiermann
/ Art Director Josefine Lindner, Max-Josef Schönborn
/ Producer Laura Klippel, Britta Strampe
/ Production Bandenfilm
/ Coproduction ZDF – Das Kleine Fernsehspiel, Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
/ Cast Fine Sendel, Jule Böwe, Henning Peker
/ Sales The Match Factory
/ Contact Simone Devlin
Sophie Linnenbaum (1986, Nuremberg). Selected filmography: [Out of Fra]me (2016, short), Our Fathers (Väter unser, 2021, doc.), The Ordinaries (2022).
The Match Factory
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Simone Devlin
E-mail: [email protected]
Sophie Linnenbaum
Film Director
Laura Klippel
Producer
Britta Strampe
Producer
Josefine Lindner
Production Designer
Max-Josef Schönborn
Production Designer
Kai Eiermann
Film Editor
Sophie Peters
Costume Designer
Valentin Selmke
Director of Photography
Michael Fetter Nathansky
Screenwriter
Simone Devlin
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