THE BRA
by Veit Helmer
synopsis
The Bra follows train driver Nurlan (Miki Manojlović) who is heading to Baku for the last time before retirement. Accidentally, on its way around the city, his train snags a blue bra of a washing line. Suffering from loneliness, Nurlan decides to embark to the biggest adventure of his life, to find the owner of this piece of underwear. He leaves his village, rents a room in Baku and starts knocking the doors along the train track. Nurlan must become creative and spontaneous to finalize his quest and convince every woman he meets to try on the mysterious bra.
international title: | The Bra |
original title: | Vom Lokführer, der die Liebe suchte |
country: | Germany, Azerbaijan |
sales agent: | Pluto Film |
year: | 2018 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Veit Helmer |
film run: | 80' |
release date: | DE 7/03/2019, FR 11/09/2019, IT 14/11/2019 |
screenplay: | Veit Helmer |
cast: | Miki Manojlović, Denis Lavant, Paz Vega, Chulpan Khamatova, Maia Morgenstern |
cinematography by: | Felix Leiberg |
film editing: | Vincent Assmann |
music: | Cyril Morin |
producer: | Veit Helmer |
executive producer: | Tsiako Abesadze |
line producer: | Shirin Hartmann |
production: | Veit Helmer Filmproduktion, SWR – Südwestrundfunk, NDR - Norddeutscher Rundfunk |
distributor: | Neue Visionen Filmverleih GmbH, Bodega Films |