Ambitious, beautiful Yella might finally get everything she ever wanted when young executive Philipp introduces her to the thrills of big business negotiations. But strange truths from her past and a psychotic ex-husband come back to haunt her.
Yella has decided to leave her small town for a promising job and new life, leaving
behind her failed marriage and broken dreams. Nothing can stop her: not even a freak car accident with her psychotic ex-husband driving on the day of her departure.
After a humiliating professional setback, the winds change for pretty Yella when young executive Philipp takes a chance on her as his assistant. Although she has no experience in high risk venture capital, coincidence lends a hand and Yella soon discovers she has a knack with ruthless businessmen. Negotiations become a thrilling game of quick wits in which Yella’s looks and icy demeanor are major assets.
Yella sees a potential future with Philipp. He is serious, determined, and his goals could become shared projects. It seems ambitious Yella could finally get everything she ever wanted… But strange sounds and events plague Yella. Truths from her past come back to haunt her. Her new life could be too good to be real.
Yella / NINA HOSS /// Philipp / DEVID STRIESOW /// Ben / HINNERK SCHÖNEMANNc Dr. Gunthen / BURGHART KLAUSSNER /// Barbara / BARBARA AUER
Directed and written by CHRISTIAN PETZOLD /// producers / FLORIAN KOERNER VON GUSTORF / MICHAEL WEBER /// commissioning editor / ARTE / ANDREAS SCHREITMÜLLER /// commissioning editor / ZDF / CAROLINE VON SENDEN /// director of photography / HANS FROMM /// editor / BETTINA BÖHLER /// casting / SIMONE BÄR /// a production of / SCHRAMM FILM KOERNER & WEBER /// in co-production with ZDF/ARTE
FORMAT
35 mm / 1:1,85 / Colour / Dolby Digital / LENGTH 89 mins / ORIGINAL LANGUAGE German
Christian Petzold is one of the leading directors of New German cinema. The German Film Critics Association has twice awarded him Best Film awards, for urban drama GHOSTS and THE STATE I AM IN. He was twice named Best Director at the German Film Awards, for psychological drama WOLFSBURG and THE STATE I AM IN. His first fiction feature, 2000’s political drama THE STATE I AM IN, also won Best Screenplay at Thessaloniki (Greece) and the Grand Prize at Valenciennes (France). Petzold has also received much acclaim for the made-for-TV features SOMETHING TO REMIND ME (TOTER MANN, 2002), Die Beischlafdiebin (1998) and CUBA LIBRE (1995). Born in 1960, Petzold studied German and Theater Studies at the Free University in Berlin, then graduated from the German Film & Television Academy (DFFB) in 1994.FICTION FEATURES /// 2007, YELLA /// 2005, GHOSTS (Gespenster) /// 2003, WOLFSBURG /// 2002, SOEMTHING TO REMIND ME (Toter Mann) /// 2001, THE STATE I AM IN (Die innere Sicherheit) /// 1998, DIE BEISCHLAFDIEBIN /// 1996, CUBRA LIBRE
