She didn’t ask for it. It just happened.There were stealing glances, attraction. But this was never supposed to happen.
Inge is in her mid-60s. She has been married for 30 years and loves her husband. But Inge is drawn to this older man Karl, already 76. It’s passion. It’s sex. She suddenly feels like a young girl again ...
Andreas Dresen is one of Germany’s most admired young directors with diverse and award-winning features such as Summer in Berlin, Grill Point and Night Shapes. Andreas’ last feature, Summer in Berlin, was awarded Best Screenplay at the San Sebastian Film Festival and Best Actress at the Chicago Festival. Grill Point won the Silver Bear – Grand Jury Prize at the Berlin Film Festival, as well as Best Director and Best Ensemble at the Chicago Festival and Best Director at the Ghent Festival. Night Shapes won Best Actor at the Berlin Film Festival and the Best New Director award at Vallodolid. Andreas was born in 1963 in Gera, Germany. In the early 80s, he began working in theater and making short films. He studied directing at the HFF “Konrad Wolf” Potsdam-
Babelsberg. Since 1992, he has been working as a writer and director for film and TV. Andreas recently finished principal
photography on his next feature Whiskey with Vodka.
2008 Cloud 9 (Wolke 9) /// 2005 Summer in Berlin (Sommer vorm Balkon) /// 2004 Willenbrock /// 2002 Herr Wichmann von der CDU (documentary) /// 2001 Grill Point (Halbe Treppe) /// 2000 The Police Woman (Die Polizistin) – TV /// 1998 Night Shapes (Nachtgestalten) /// 1997 Changing Skins (Raus aus der Haut) – TV /// 1994 Mein unbekannter Ehemann – TV /// 1994 Kuckuckskinder (documentary) /// 1992 Silent Country (Stilles Land)
Inge / Ursula Werner /// Werner / Horst Rehberg /// Karl / Horst Westphal /// Petra / Steffi Kühnert
Director / Andreas Dresen /// Producer / Peter Rommel /// Production Manager / Peter Hartwig /// Cinematography / Michael Hammon bvk /// Editor / Jörg Hauschild /// Production Designer / Susanne Hopf ///
Costume Designer / Sabine Greunig /// Sound / Peter Schmidt /// Story Development / Andreas Dresen / Cooky Ziesche / Laila Stieler / Jörg Hauschild /// Sound Mix / Ralf Krause /// Commissioning Editors Rosemarie Wintgen / Dagmar Mielke / Andreas Schreitmüller ///
A production of Rommel Film /// In co-production with Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg /// In collaboration with arte /// With support from Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg / Bundesbeauftragter für Kultur und Medien BKM / Deutscher Filmförderfonds / Filmkunstpreis 2006 des Festival des Deutschen Films
FORMAT / 35 mm / 1:1,85 / Colour / Dolby Digital 5,1 / LENGTH 98 min. / LANGUAGE
German / SUBTITLES English and French
