Logline
In the mid 90’s, Asli meets Saeed. Asli’s first love changes her life forever – before shaking the whole world to the core.
Synopsis
When sharp science student Asli meets charismatic Saeed in the mid 90’s, it’s love at first sight. The lovers marry, and Asli swears to be true to Saeed and never betray his secrets. Their future looks bright, but as the twenty-first century dawns, Saeed makes a decision that will not only shatter Asli’s dreams, but shake the whole world to the core.
Director
Anne Zohra Berrached was born 1982, in Erfurt, East Germany.
After she got her degree in social education, with a focus on psychology in Frankfurt, she worked as a drama teacher in London for two years. In 2009, she began to study directing at the Film Academy Baden- Württemberg. SAINT & WHORE, her first film at the academy, was screened at over 70 film festivals across the globe. Her first feature film TWO MOTHERS premiered at Berlinale in 2013. Her second feature 24WEEKS premiered at Berlinale as the only German film in Competition and was awarded with the German Film Award.
Credits
Cast:
Asli: Canan Kir
Saeed: Roger Azar
Mutter Suleima: Darina Al Joundi
Fares: Nicolas Chaoui
Jaqui: Jana Julia Roth
Julia: Ceci Chuh
Karim: Aziz Dyab
Zeynep: Özay Fecht
Ebru: Zeynep Ada Kienast
Crew:
Director: Anne Zohra Berrached
Screenplay: Stefanie Misrahi & Anne Zohra Berrached
Script Consulting: Oliver Schröm & Bernd Lange
Additional Script Text: Abdellah Taïa
Cinematography: Christopher Aoun
Editor: Denys Darahan
Music: Evgueni Galperine, Sacha Galperine
Sound Design: Niklas Kammertöns (BVFT), Marc Fragstein
Sound: Sylvain Rémy, Uve Haußig
Production Designer: Janina Schimmelbauer
Costume: Melina Scappatura
Make-Up: Nica Faas, Vanessa Schneider
Assistant Directors: Inken Jansen, Ires Jung
Casting: Susanne Ritter, Abla Khoury
Production manager: Peter Herrmann
Production:
A production from Razor Film, in coproduction with Haut et Court, zero one film and Norddeutscher Rundfunk,
in association with ARTE, ARTE France Cinema
Producers Razor Film: Gerhard Meixner, Roman Paul, Christiane Sommer
Co-Producers Haut et Court: Carole Scotta, Caroline Benjo, Julie Billy
Co-Producers Zero One Film: Thomas Kufus, Tobias Büchner, Melanie Berke
Executive Producers: Christian Granderath, Olivier Père, Rémi Burah, Andreas Schreitmüller, Michael Weber, Thorsten Frehse
Associate Producer: Pierre Sarraf, Kevin Chinoy
Supported by:
Deutscher Filmförderfonds
Eurimages
Mitteldeutsche Medientörderung
Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg
Film- und Medienstiftung NRW
Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein
Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée
Creative Europe Programme – MEDIA of the European Union
Broadcasters:
NDR, ARTE
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Festival & Awards
World Premiere:
71st Berlin Film Festival (Berlinale) – Panorama Section, 2021
Awards:
Winner of the Lucca Film Festival 2021 in the categories Best Film of the Feature Film Competition, Best Feature Film by the student jury & also received the audience award.