IFFI-2008 - International Film Festival of India
IFFI-2008 - International Film Festival of India
IFFI-2008 - International Film Festival of India
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COMPETITION<br />
CINEMA OF THE WORLD<br />
<strong>IFFI</strong>-<strong>2008</strong><br />
Germany<br />
Family Rules / Wir Sagen Du! Schatz<br />
2007, 35 mm, Colour, 99 mins, German<br />
Director<br />
Marc Meyer<br />
Screenplay<br />
Marc Meyer<br />
Cinematography<br />
Peter Polsak-Lohmann<br />
Editor<br />
Diana Karsten<br />
Music<br />
Christian Biegai<br />
Cast<br />
Samuel Fintzi Vater (Oliver Eckstein), Nina Kronjäger Mutter<br />
(S<strong>of</strong>ia Eckstein), Anna Maria Mühe Tochter (Maya Eckstein),<br />
Harald Warmbrunn (Opa Horst), Margot Nagel (Oma Edna),<br />
Ennio Incannova Sohn (Ennio Eckstein)<br />
Production Design<br />
Agi Dawaachu<br />
Art<br />
Frank Noack<br />
Sound<br />
Moritz H<strong>of</strong>fmeister, Mark Wegner<br />
Costumes<br />
Kathrin Hauer<br />
Production<br />
Miko <strong>Film</strong>, Berlin<br />
World Sales<br />
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<strong>Festival</strong>s & Awards<br />
2007: Cottbus (Promotion Prize <strong>of</strong> the DEFA Foundation),<br />
Braunschweig, Luenen; <strong>2008</strong>: S<strong>of</strong>ia,Viareggio (Audience<br />
Award), Shanghai<br />
A tragicomedy about a man called Oliver who desperately wants to have a family <strong>of</strong> his<br />
own. Thus, one day, he decides to "steal" one. He abducts a woman, three children, a<br />
grandmother, and a grandfather and locks them up on the 17th floor <strong>of</strong> an unoccupied<br />
high-rise. By all means, Oliver, a man in his mid-thirties, wants to turn this group into<br />
"his family". But soon, the different characters, anxieties and neuroses <strong>of</strong> the "forced<br />
family" clash. Although the whole situation is more and more escalating, Oliver still<br />
pursues his dream - until the situation actually improves.<br />
Marc Meyer, born in 1968 in Helmstedt, studied political science and is working as a<br />
freelance author since 1995. He made his film debut in 2002 with the screenplay to<br />
Christoph Gampl's weird pulp art experimental film Planet B: The Antman. Meyer also<br />
wrote the novel <strong>of</strong> the same name to the film. He then made his debut as director with the<br />
compilation film Freedom2Speak v2.0, that premiered at the 2005 Berlinale film<br />
festival. Meyer's short film Sonntag, im August (Sunday in August) won a renowned<br />
newcomer award at the 2005 Dresden film festival. This is his first feature film.<br />
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