58° International Locarno Film Festival


 


  DIRECTED BY EVA URTHALER
starring

Elisabetta Rocchetti, Ludwig Trepte, Sergej Moya, Georg Friedrich, Birgit Doll


 

Sebastian and Paul, both sixteen, spend most of their time drinking, stealing, wandering around and fighting in the suburban wastelands. To have their own place to meet, well out of the way, they have made a den in a disused factory belonging to Sebastian’s father. Apart from the monotony of their schooldays and the fact that nobody is expecting them at home, other factors prompt their indulgence in debauchery and violence. A taste for risk-taking, the thrill of danger, as well as the desire to go to extremes, drive them to test their courage at any opportunity. His more reckless behaviour makes Sebastian seem more of the instigator than Paul, hence makes him the more dominant partner. Within this unequal partnership however, their deepest instincts draw them togther. The delinquency into which the two friends fall leads them to commit an act that takes them beyond the point of no return the day they kidnap Sonja, a charming and sexy thirty year old they take to their den. Not knowing what to do with their hostage, they consider a number of options, but can not contemplate turning back.

 


Story & Screenplay

Eva Urthaler
Photography
Alfio Contini
Editing
Gergana Voigt
Set Design
Elisabeth Klobassa
Costumes
Monika Buttinger
Produced by
Franz Novotny
Novotny & Novotny
Filmproduktion GmbH
 

Code 2430
Italy 
2005
92 minutes