Ida lives on a ship with her crew of five men. In Marseille her attention is caught by the secretive male world of the French Foreign Legion and she decides to follow its traces across the Mediterranean. As Ida and her crew sail via Corsica to the historical headquarters of the Legion in Algeria, boundaries and certainties blur while life at sea produces a special kind of mutual understanding. By the promising director of multi-awarded Drift, a spellbinding and sensory cruise across the Mediterranean in the footsteps of Claire Denis› Beau Travail to grasp the very essence of the natural principles at work in human interactions.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 46 min.
- Country, year
- France, Germany, 2022
- Genre
- Experimental
- Language
- English, French, Portuguese, Serbo-Croatian
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- Pegi 13
Credits
- Director
- Helena Wittmann
- Screenplay
- Helena Wittmann
- Producers
- Christophe Bouffil-Cantoni, Birgit Glombitza, Karsten Krause, Frank Scheuffele
- Cinematography
- Helena Wittmann
- Cast
- Steffen Danek, Gustavo Jahn, Denis Lavant, Ingo Martens, Ferhat Mouhali, Angeliki Papoulia, Mauro Soares, Nina Villanova, Vladimir Vulevic
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Festivals and awards
Sponsors and partners
- Supported by
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Director
Helena Wittmann
Helena Wittmann is a filmmaker and visual artist based in Hamburg. Her films, among them her debut feature film Drift (2017), have been shown internationally at many prestigious film festivals (including Venice, Toronto, Rotterdam, FID Marseille) as well as in exhibitions and have received several awards. Besides for her own films she is also responsible for the cinematography for other directors and artists such as Luise Donschen, Adnan Softic.
