B_Cards, neu - german films
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WEIL ICH SCHÖNER BIN<br />
CAUSE I HAVE THE LOOKS<br />
13-year-old Charo seems like a typical Berlin teenager. She’s a<br />
student surrounded by good friends and has her eye on the<br />
coolest guy in school. But no one knows that Charo has been<br />
living in Germany illegally for years, not even her best friend<br />
Laura. Problems start to arise when Charo’s mother is caught<br />
by the police and wants to take Charo back to Columbia. Charo<br />
now needs to trust Laura with her secret because it’s the only<br />
way she’ll be able to fight for her future in Germany.<br />
Puberty, trust, precarious living conditions and deceit: Based<br />
on a true story, CAUSE I HAVE THE LOOKS intertwines a vibrant<br />
coming-of-age story with the exceptional situation of illegal<br />
immigration.<br />
Genre Children & Youth, Coming-of-Age Story, Drama, Educational,<br />
Family Entertainment Category Feature Year of Pro -<br />
duction 2012 Director Frieder Schlaich Screenplay Claudia<br />
Schaefer Director of Photography Benedict Neuenfels Cast<br />
Mariangel Böhnke, Mira Aring, Angeles Aparicio, Andrea Sánchez<br />
del Solar, Lavinia Wilson, Mario Golden, Stefan Kolosko,<br />
Inka Löwendorf Producers Frieder Schlaich, Irene von Alberti<br />
Production Company Filmgalerie 451/Berlin Length 81 min<br />
Format HD, DCP, color, 1:1.85 Original Version German,<br />
Spanish Subtitled Version English Festivals Achtung Berlin<br />
2012, Filmkunstfest MV-Schwerin 2012, FilmFest Osnabrück<br />
2012, One World Berlin Film Festival 2012, Stockholm Inter -<br />
national Film Festival Junior 2013 With backing from BKM,<br />
Kuratorium junger deutscher Film<br />
NEW GERMAN FILMS<br />
FRIEDER SCHLAICH is a German producer and director.<br />
After studying Visual Communication at the Academy of Fine<br />
Arts in Hamburg, his debut film HALFMOON, based on writings<br />
by Paul Bowles, received numerous awards and international<br />
critical acclaim. His subsequent film OTOMO, based on the true<br />
story of an African immigrant in Stuttgart, won Best Film at<br />
Bergano and the Diversity in Spirit Award at Vancouver in 2000.<br />
Since then he has produced <strong>films</strong> by such diverse artists as<br />
Christoph Schlingensief (THE AFRICAN TWIN TOWERS, with<br />
Patti Smith, among others) and Werner Schroeter (international<br />
co-production NUIT DE CHIEN), Heinz Emigholz (GOFF IN THE<br />
DESERT, PARABETON), Irene von Alberti (STADT ALS BEUTE,<br />
TANGERINE), Cynthia Beatt (THE INVISIBLE FRAME, starring<br />
Tilda Swinton), Elfi Mikesch (MONDO LUX) and Omer Fast<br />
(CONTINUITY), among others.<br />
World Sales<br />
Patra Spanou<br />
spanoupa@yahoo.de<br />
GFQ 1-2013 39<br />
photo © Filmgalerie 451
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