Completed - GERMAN - Drama - 101 minutes
When 18-year-old Suzie bursts into the New Wave-soaked fashion scene of East Germany, it doesn’t take long for the state police to take interest. Nothing is private, nothing is apolitical, and she realises that beauty also has its price.
Year of production : 2022 Director(s) : Aelrun GOETTE Cast : Marlene BUROW, Sabin TAMBREA, David SCHÜTTER, Claudia MICHELSEN , Jördis TRIEBEL Producer(s) : Tanja ZIEGLER (ZIEGLER FILM GMBH & CO. KG (BERLIN))
East Berlin, early summer 1989, a few months before the fall of the Wall. 18-year-old Suzie is thrown headfirst into the vibrant fashion scene in socialist East Germany when a photo of her ends up on the cover of Sibylle, the Vogue of the East. Together with the glamourous Rudi, she dives into the dazzling underground subculture working on their very own fantastic and passionate fashion designs. When she falls in love with the talented and rebellious photographer Coyote, her life ultimately changes. On his "Indian" motorbike, they speed towards the beach and Suzie lives the freedom she had always dreamed of. But while Suzie’s star as a supermodel is on the rise, Coyote has other plans and Suzie is asked to betray her friends. Now Suzie must decide: what price is she willing to pay?Between photographers, models, new ideas and lifestyles, the film is based on true events and inspired by the director's own experiences as a model in the late 80s in the German Democratic Republic. A work that hovers between the personal and the public, emotions and political coherence, becoming an energetic hymn to beauty and freedom along the way.
Country(ies) : GERMANY
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