FREEDOM
synopsis
A woman leaves her husband and children without saying goodbye. While she struggles to build a new life, her family is left completely uncertain of her fate. The radical nature of her departure appears to be an opportunity as well as a trauma. The film is structured in three episodes, each showing a different perspective of the subject. The first one accompanies the woman in Vienna and Bratislava, creating a new life for herself. Although her past remains untold, she seems driven by it. The second episode portrays the life of her abandoned husband and their children, two years after her disappearance. Their days are still dominated by her mysterious leaving. The final episode returns to the last evening of the family.
international title: | Freedom |
original title: | Freiheit |
working title: | On Disappearing |
country: | Germany, Slovakia |
sales agent: | Pluto Film |
year: | 2017 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Jan Speckenbach |
film run: | 100' |
screenplay: | Jan Speckenbach, Andreas Deinert |
cast: | Johanna Wokalek, Hans-Jochen Wagner, Ricky Watson, Georg Arms, Inga Birkenfeld, Emil von Schönfels, Ondrej Kovaľ, Rubina Labusch, Andrea Szabová |
cinematography by: | Tilo Hauke |
film editing: | Jan Speckenbach |
art director: | Juliane Friedrich |
costumes designer: | Stephanie Riess |
producer: | Sol Bondy, Jamila Wenske |
co-producer: | Peter Badač, Jelena Goldbach |
production: | ONE TWO Films, BFilm |