MARIJA
by Michael Koch
synopsis
Marija, a young Ukranian woman, earns a living as a cleaning woman in a hotel in Dortmund, but dreams of having her own hairstyling salon, and puts away some money each month. But when she is fired without notice, her dream is suddenly postponed to an uncertain future. Jobless and under financial pressure, she is forced to look for alternatives but, in order to achieve her goal, she is ready to discard her body, her social relationships and her own feelings.
international title: | Marija |
original title: | Marija |
country: | Germany, Switzerland |
sales agent: | Luxbox |
year: | 2016 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Michael Koch |
screenplay: | Michael Koch, Juliane Grossheim |
cinematography by: | Bernhard Keller |
film editing: | Florian Riegel |
art director: | Petra Barchi |
costumes designer: | Peri de Bragança |
producer: | Christoph Friedel, Claudia Steffen |
co-producer: | Christof Neracher |
production: | Pandora Filmproduktion, Little Shark Entertainment, Hugofilm Productions, ARTE GEIE, SRF - Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, SRG SSR, WDR Westdeutscher Rundfunk |
backing: | Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, DFFF, BKM, FFA, BAK, Züricher Filmförderung and development supported by Media Development, BKM/FFA, Basler Multimedia |
distributor: | Frenetic Films |