A film by Steffen Maurer and Lea de Boor. Starts January 15th at the fsk. In German with English subtitles.

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Lena, a young pri­ma­ry school tea­cher from Berlin, accom­pa­nies her part­ner Ole to his home vil­la­ge. What beg­ins as a rela­xing break in the win­ter idyll soon turns into a night­ma­re. In the com­pa­ny of his old cli­que, Ole chan­ges and reve­als oppres­si­ve pat­terns of beha­vi­or. A vio­lent dyna­mic deve­lo­ps that not only cau­ses their rela­ti­onship to fal­ter, but also beco­mes incre­asing­ly dan­ge­rous for Lena.

Darlings attempts to address the des­truc­ti­ve effects of patri­ar­chal beha­vi­or with gre­at sen­si­ti­vi­ty. The thril­ler sheds light on com­plex power rela­ti­ons in roman­tic rela­ti­onships and shows their far-rea­ching consequences.

The film is based on a 20-page script and was deve­lo­ped in an inten­si­ve rehear­sal pro­cess with the actors befo­re and during film­ing – this way of working gave the direc­tor the oppor­tu­ni­ty to reve­al the inner worlds of the prot­ago­nists in a tan­gi­bly authen­tic and unadul­tera­ted way.

Credits:

DE2 2024, 76 Min., deut­sche OmeU
Regie: Steffen Maurer, Lea de Boor
Kamera: Manuel Ruge
Schnitt: Jessica Rudolph, BvS
mit: Thea Rasche, Paul Boche, Tom Böttcher, Ina-Lene Dinse, Felix Maria Zeppenfeld, Malte Thomsen, Matthias Gärtner,

Trailer:

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