Martin Hawie and Laura Harwarth are readying Future Is a Lonely Place
by Ioana Florescu - German Films
- The thriller will star Lucas Gregorowicz, Katharina Schüttler and Denis Moschitto
Martin Hawie (Toro [+see also:
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Future Is a Lonely Place will star three actors well known to German audiences: Lucas Gregorowicz as Frank, Denis Moschitto as Fuad, and Katharina Schüttler as Susanna. Filming began in Cologne and the surrounding areas on 19 February and was initially supposed to wrap on 20 March. Interrupted for two months because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the shoot later resumed, respecting all the safety measures, and completed at the beginning of June.
The film is produced by Andreas Brauer for HUPE Film Fiktion and benefits from the help of the German television broadcasting company ZDF. Future Is a Lonely Place is also backed by Film und Medienstiftung NRW and the German Federal Film Fund (DFFF).
International sales are handled by Patra Spanou Film. A release date is yet to be announced.
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