Presskit_COLOURS IN THE DARK - Unitel

SHORT SYNOPSISAnita (Senta Berger) and Fred (Bruno Ganz) have been together for some 50 years and happilymarried for just as long. They have two grown-up children, and their granddaughter is about to finishschool. Both cannot only look back on a fulfilled life – they are still in the middle of it. Up to nowthey have not told their family that Fred is gravely ill. For the first time in all these years, Fred allowshimself to do things that affront his wife. And for the first time Anita feels left alone and she starts tocall their relationship into question. But a love like theirs does not end just like that. In fact, it shouldnever end.PRESS NOTESCOLOURS IN THE DARK tells a story of love without compromises, of small escapes andmature decisions. The director Sophie Heldman wrote the screenplay to her touching cinematicdebut with her co-author Felix zu Knyphausen, and the film was nominated for the FIRST STEPSAWARD 2010.Sophie Heldman cast her dream actors to play the married couple living their lives without makingany compromises in their love for each other: SENTA BERGER and BRUNO GANZ. Her lifeexperiences and personal approach to aging had a dynamic influence on this intimate film. The otherlead roles are played by BARNABY METSCHURAT (“L' AUBERGE ESPAGNOLE”); CARINA WIESE(“THE CLOUD”); SILVANA KRAPPATSCH (“IN BETWEEN DAYS”); and the newcomer LEONIEBENESCH (“THE WHITE RIBBON”). The film was produced by Titus Kreyenberg.COLOURS IN THE DARK is a production of unafilm and Dschoint Ventschr, in coproductionwith WDR; arte; and Schweizer Fernsehen SRG SSR. The film was funded by Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen; DFFF; BKM; Filmstiftung Zürich; Kulturförderung Kanton Zug; and Eurimages.CONTENTAnita and Fred (SENTA BERGER and BRUNO GANZ) are both in their early 70s; they have beentogether for 50 years and have been married for almost as long. They have two grown children,Patrick (BARNABY METSCHURAT) and Karoline (CARINA WIESE), and their grandchild Yvonne(LEONIE BENESCH) is studying for her final exams in school. Fred was a successful businessman andis wealthy now, and he and his wife live in a large house with an idyllic yard. They have everything.The only thing they don't have in abundance is time."I'm an old woman, and an old woman has the right to have things stay the way they are!"Fred says "good-bye" on his way to the office on what seems to be a normal, average morning. WhileAnita is shopping in the city she sees her husband off in the distance on the street. Curious, shefollows him, and she sees Fred walk into a building she has never seen before. Anita enters thebuilding and walks into a recently renovated, empty apartment. Fred is surprised to see her andobviously embarrassed in a touching way; he explains to his wife that he bought the apartment as aninvestment. Anita is absolutely stunned, and she turns on her heels and walks away without sayinganother word. She never for a second thought her husband would keep secrets from her. WhenFor further information:Beta Cinema Press, Dorothee Stoewahse, Tel: + 49 89 67 34 69 15, press@betafilm.com, www.betacinema.comPictures and filmclips available on ftp.betafilm.com, username: ftppress01, password: betapress3