IM ALTER VON ELLEN
At Ellen's Age
SYNOPSIS
As everything that has given her life the necessary security falls apart, Ellen, a 40-year-old flight attendant sets out to seek a new purpose and a place to belong. In doing so, she becomes a tourist in the lives of the people and groups she encounters. Leading her towards a surprising catharsis…
| DIRECTOR | Pia Marais |
| YEAR | 2010 |
| STATUS | completed |
| FESTIVALS AWARDS | International Competition - Locarno Film Festival 2010 Toronto Intern. Festival. London Filmfestival Best Script & Best Filmmusic Lünen 2010 |
| CAST | Jeanne Balibar (Ellen) Stefan Stern Georg Friedrich Julia Hummer Alexander Scheer Eva Löbau Clare Mortimer Ian Roberts Jasna Bauer Patrick Bartsch |
| CO PRODUCTION WITH | Pandora Film Produktion in co-production with Westdeutscher Rundfunk & Arte |
| SUPPORTED BY | production supported by Filmstiftung NRW BKM Hessische Filmförderung DFFF //// development assistance by Résidence du Festival de Cannes & Filmstiftung NRW Media Development |
| WORLD SALES | The Match Factory |
| GERMAN DISTRIBUTOR | Real Fiction Filmverleih |
| LENGTH | 95 min. |
| FORMAT | S-16mm digital blow-up to 35mm colour 1:1.66 Dolby Digital |
| SHOOTING LOCATION | Germany |
| ORIGINAL LANGUAGE | German |
| PRODUCERS | Claudia Steffen Christoph Friedel (producers) Andrea Hanke (WDR) Georg Steinert (ARTE) |
| WRITERS | Horst Markgraf Pia Marais |
| CASTING | |
| DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY | Hélène Louvart |
| PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT | Katja Christochowitz (production manager) Regina Tiefenthaller (1st assistant director) |
| EDITING | Mona Bräuer |
| MUSIC | Horst Markgraf Yoyo Röhm |
| SOUND | Andreas Hildebrandt (sound designer) Bruno Tarrière (re-recording mixer) |
| ART DIRECTION | Petra Barchi |
| COSTUMES | Gabriella Ausonio |
| MAKE UP HAIR | Claudia Schaaf |
| SOUNDTRACK AVAILABLE | n/s |
| DVD VIDEO AVAILABLE | n/s |
| LINKS | www.ellen.realfictionfilme.de (German) www.ellen.pandorafilm.com (International) www.the-match-factory.com (world sales) |
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