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THE GIRL AND THE SPIDER (DAS MÄDCHEN UND DIE SPINNE)
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Completed - GERMAN - Drama - 98 minutes

Log Line

Lisa moves out. Mara is left behind. All sorts of commotions transpire. As boxes are being moved, an emotional rollercoaster is set in motion. A tragicomic catastrophe film. A poetic ballad about change and transience.

Year of production : 2021

Director(s) : Ramon ZÜRCHER, Silvan ZÜRCHER
Writer(s) : Ramon ZÜRCHER, Silvan ZÜRCHER
Cast : Henriette CONFURIUS, Liliane AMUAT, Ursina LARDI, Flurin GIGER, André M. HENNICKE, Ivan GEORGIEV, Dagna LITZENBERGER VINET, Lina DRAEGER, Sabine TIMOTEO, Birte SCHÖINK

Producer(s) : Aline SCHMID (BEAUVOIR FILMS), Adrian BLASER (BEAUVOIR FILMS)

Synopsis

Lisa is moving out. Mara is left behind. As boxes are shifted, walls painted and cupboards built, abysses begin to open up, yearnings fill the room and an emotional rollercoaster is set in motion. A tragicomic catastrophe film. A poetic ballad about change and transience.

The Swiss twin brothers Ramon and Silvan Zürcher compose a poetic panopticon of forms of human relationships, that meanders between a study of everyday life, a fairy-tale and a psychological portrait of a brittle world.

After their Berlinale-hit “The Strange Little Cat” (2013), “The Girl and the Spider” is the second instalment of a trilogy about human togetherness. A ballad about the need for closeness and the pain of separation. Pamela embarks on a journey into the unknown, breaking away from the traditions that suffocate her. “Lapin, pizza, amour”. All she has are three words in French and the hope that marriage will change her and her daughter’s destiny.

Production

Country(ies) : SWITZERLAND

AUSTRIA STADTKINOFILMVE
ESTONIA A-ONE FILMS EST
FRANCE Oct 20, 2021 WAYNA PITCH
GERMANY SALZGEBER & CO.
LATVIA A-ONE FILMS LAT
LITHUANIA A-ONE FILMS BAL
NETHERLAND Sep 30, 2021 PERISCOOP FILM
SPAIN FILMIN
SWEDEN DRAKEN FILM
SWITZERLAN Aug 18, 2021 XENIX FILMDISTR
TAIWAN HOORAY FILMS


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Festivals and Awards

Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2021 - Encounters (Best director - (joint winners))
Toronto - TIFF 2021 Wavelengths
Busan IFF 2021 World Cinema
Seminci - Valladolid IFF 2021 Seccion Oficial
Thessaloniki IFF 2021 Open Horizons - Another take


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