Light as Feathers
Light as Feathers spielt in einer bäuerlichen Gegend in Polen, und handelt vom heranwachsenden Eryk, der mit seiner Mutter und seiner Großmutter, beides dominante Frauen, unter einem Dach lebt. Eryk beginnt sich für seine zwei Jahre jüngere Nachbarin Klaudia zu interessieren und geht mit ihr abwechselnd zärtlich und brutal um, weil er die Grenze zwischen Zuneigung und Missbrauch nicht zu ziehen gelernt hat. Die Geschichte ist zwar fiktional, aber alle Laiendarsteller spielen Versionen von sich selbst. Viele Szenen sind tatsächlich so passiert, die Wirklichkeit hat dem Film einige unerwartete Momente beschert. (Rosanne Pel)
Eryk lives with his mother and grandmother in a Polish village. He’s a big, handsome boy, likeable and naïve. His mother Ewa barely seems his elder; in fact, the two are sometimes mistaken for lovers and they share an alarming codependency. Yet Eryk is secretly trysting with his neighbour Klaudia, whom he treats with both tenderness and brutality, as though he doesn’t know the difference. Shot over several years, Rosanne Pel’s feature debut Light as Feathers captures the confusion of those dizzying transitional years into adulthood with unusual sensitivity and startling acuteness. (Michèle Maheux, Toronto International Film Festival)
Director's Biography
Rosanne Pel
Rosanne Pel, born in the Netherlands in 1987, received her master’s degree at the Netherlands Film Academy. She directed the award-winning short films “Uit Zicht,” “Newroz,” and “Heraut”. With the human condition of Hannah Arendt as the foundation of her research, she works on vengeance, punishment and forgiveness. “Light as Feathers” is her feature film debut.
Film Selection: Light as Feathers (2018) - Heraut (2011, short) - Liquid Sun (2011, short) - Newroz (2010, short) - Uit Zicht (2010, short) - Terug (2009 - short)
Rosanne Pel, born in the Netherlands in 1987, received her master’s degree at the Netherlands Film Academy. She directed the award-winning short films “Uit Zicht,” “Newroz,” and “Heraut”. With the human condition of Hannah Arendt as the foundation of her research, she works on vengeance, punishment and forgiveness. “Light as Feathers” is her feature film debut.
Film Selection: Light as Feathers (2018) - Heraut (2011, short) - Liquid Sun (2011, short) - Newroz (2010, short) - Uit Zicht (2010, short) - Terug (2009 - short)
CROSSING EUROPE AWARDS
2019: CROSSING EUROPE Award - Best Fiction Film
Competition Fiction 2019
Rosanne Pel
Niederlande 2018
color
85 Minuten
Polnisch OmeU
Drehbuch Rosanne Pel
Kamera Aafke Beernink
Schnitt Xander Nijsten
Ton/Sounddesign Leleane Lindenaar, Jaap Sijben
Mit Eryk Walny, Ewa Makuła, Klaudia Przybylska
Produzent*innen Floor Onrust
Produktion
Family Affair Films
Weltvertrieb
Wide
Österreichpremiere
Weltpremiere
Toronto International Film Festival 2018
Weltpremiere / World PremiereToronto International Film Festival 2018
Premierenstatus / Premiere Status
Austrian Premiere
Special Mention
CROSSING EUROPE Award - Best Fiction Film 2019
