ABSURDISTAN
by Veit Helmer
synopsis
Two childhood sweethearts seem destined for one another until the women of their isolated village, angered by male indifference toward the water shortage, go on a sex strike that threatens the young couple's first night of love.
| international title: | Absurdistan |
| original title: | Absurdistan |
| country: | Germany |
| sales agent: | Beta Cinema |
| year: | 2008 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Veit Helmer |
| release date: | DE 21/03/2008, CZ 11/09/2008, SK 04/12/2008 |
| screenplay: | Veit Helmer, Gordan Mihic, Zaza Buadze, Ahmet Golbol |
| cast: | Max Mauff, Kristyna Mlérova |
| cinematography by: | Giorgi Beridze |
| film editing: | Vincent Assmann |
| art director: | Erwin Prib, Vaja Jalagania |
| costumes designer: | Serap Bahadir |
| music: | Shigeru Umebayashi |
| producer: | Veit Helmer |
| production: | Veit Helmer Filmproduktion, SWR Baden, BR, Arte Strasbourg |
| backing: | Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, MFG Baden-Wuerttemberg, MEDIA New Talent Program, Mediterranean Film Institute, Sources 2, BMW Group |
| distributor: | Farbfilm Verleih GmbH, Bontonfilm, TatraFilm |
