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DORA OR THE SEXUAL NEUROSES OF OUR PARENTS

by Stina Werenfels

synopsis

When her mother decides to stop administering medication to her mentally challenged daughter, 18-year-old Dora awakes, as if from a deep sleep. Dora discovers her body, her sensuality and finally, sex, too. Her parents are shocked by Dora’s sudden unbridled lust for life and, when she gets involved with a man she meets at her market stall vendor job, they are furious. Seeing her relationship as unscrupulous and abusive, they demand their daughter stops seeing her lover. But their efforts are to no avail and, when Dora’s affair leads to a more serious situation, everyone has to reassess the limits of their relationship to each other, and reconsider such topics as self-determination, trust and jealousy. Courageous, necessary and sensitive – Stina Werenfels’ adaptation of Lukas Bärfuss’s stage play is a fearless and moving drama about letting go. The tender, subjective shots that capture the beauty of the world as Dora sees it are as much a part of the film’s success as is the portrait of a desperate mother, having to cope with life’s pitfalls.

international title: Dora or The Sexual Neuroses of Our Parents
original title: Dora oder Die sexuellen Neurosen unserer Eltern
country: Switzerland, Germany
sales agent: Wide Management
year: 2015
genre: fiction
directed by: Stina Werenfels
film run: 90'
release date: CH 19/02/2015, HU 31/12/2015
screenplay: Stina Werenfels
cast: Victoria Schulz, Jenny Schily, Lars Eidinger, Urs Jucker
cinematography by: Lukas Strebel
film editing: Jann Anderegg
art director: Beatrice Schultz
costumes designer: Gitti Fuchs
music: Peter Scherer
producer: Karin Koch, Samir
production: Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG, NiKo Film, Aleppo Films, SRF - Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, Magmafilm GmbH
distributor: Filmcoopi, Alamode Film, Vertigo Media

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