A JAR FULL OF LIFE
by Florian Ross
synopsis
Marleen is a young woman whose life hasn’t started yet. Already in her early 20s, she still lives at home with her parents and has no goals or aspirations to speak of. Like a lot of people her age, she’s stuck in a rut that seems impossible to overcome. Even her beloved big brother can’t save her from what looks like a permanent slump. Ultimately, it takes a personal tragedy to shake her awake. Out of a sense of guilt and despair, Marleen embarks on an adventure she’s clearly not prepared for. Indeed, there’s a ship waiting in Hamburg to sweep her off to Antarctica. But how is she supposed to get there with only eight euros in her pocket? It’s the beginning of a storybook journey that’s just as funny as it is emotionally poignant. In the course of her road-trip adventure, Marleen realizes the world is full of people who are even wilder and crazier than she is. She also makes an unexpected discovery: the further she travels away from home, the closer she gets to herself.
international title: | A Jar Full of Life |
original title: | Vielmachglas |
country: | Germany |
sales agent: | Picture Tree International |
year: | 2018 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Florian Ross |
film run: | 85' |
release date: | DE 8/03/2018 |
screenplay: | Finn Christoph Stroeks |
cast: | Matthias Schweighöfer, Jella Haase, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Juliane Köhler, Jasmin Lord, Marc Benjamin, Adam Bousdoukos, Lars Rudolph, Gustav-Peter Wöhler, Martina Eitner-Acheampong, Emma Drogunova |
cinematography by: | Felix Novo de Oliveira |
film editing: | Jan Pusch |
producer: | Marco Beckmann, Kristina Löbbert, Dan Maag, Matthias Schweighöfer, Daniel Sonnabend |
co-producer: | Klaus Dohle, Christoph Fisser, Henning Molfenter, Til Schweiger, Christian Specht, Charlie Woebcken, Tom Zickler |
executive producer: | Philipp Klausing |
associate producer: | Markus Reinecke |
line producer: | Benedikt Bothe |
production: | Pantaleon Entertainment Berlin, Warner Bros Entertainment Germany |