Bring Down The Walls
Artist Phil Collins uses house music to combat the racially motivated, overcrowded American prison system.
88'
USA
IFFR 2020
The stunning mountain valleys of the Alps form the backdrop to a heartrending drama about an Austrian farmer who refuses to submit to the rule of Nazi Germany. This new film by American cinema maestro Terrence Malick (The Thin Red Line, The Tree of Life) is based on the life of Franz Jägerstätter, who was imprisoned for his silent resistance to the German Anschluss.
For the screenplay, Malick draws on letters Jägerstätter wrote to his wife. As he festers in jail, she is ostracised by the villagers. In A Hidden Life, Malick investigates how the Jägerstätters found the strength to sacrifice their lives and well-being for a higher ideal. As in his previous work, he lyrically represents his characters' rich inner worlds using fluid images, a rich soundtrack and associative editing.
IFFR 2020
- 180'
- Germany
- 2019
- Director
- Terrence Malick
- Countries of production
- Germany, USA
- Year
- 2019
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2020
- Length
- 180'
- Medium
- DCP
- Languages
- English, German, Italian
- Producers
- Grant Hill, Dario Bergesio, Josh Jeter, Elisabeth Bentley
- Production Companies
- Elizabeth Bay Productions, Studio Babelsberg, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH
- Sales
- Fox Searchlight Pictures
- Screenplay
- Terrence Malick
- Cinematography
- Jörg Widmer
- Editor
- Rehman Nizar Ali, Joe Gleason, Sebastian Jones
- Production Design
- Sebastian T. Krawinkel
- Music
- James Newton Howard
- Cast
- August Diehl, Valerie Pachner, Bruno Ganz, Michael Nyqvist, Maria Simon, Matthias Schoenaerts, Jürgen Prochnow
- Local Distributor
- The Walt Disney Company Benelux
- Director
- Terrence Malick
- Countries of production
- Germany, USA
- Year
- 2019
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2020
- Length
- 180'
- Medium
- DCP
- Languages
- English, German, Italian
- Producers
- Grant Hill, Dario Bergesio, Josh Jeter, Elisabeth Bentley
- Production Companies
- Elizabeth Bay Productions, Studio Babelsberg, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH
- Sales
- Fox Searchlight Pictures
- Screenplay
- Terrence Malick
- Cinematography
- Jörg Widmer
- Editor
- Rehman Nizar Ali, Joe Gleason, Sebastian Jones
- Production Design
- Sebastian T. Krawinkel
- Music
- James Newton Howard
- Cast
- August Diehl, Valerie Pachner, Bruno Ganz, Michael Nyqvist, Maria Simon, Matthias Schoenaerts, Jürgen Prochnow
- Local Distributor
- The Walt Disney Company Benelux
Programme IFFR 2020
Signatures
Familiar faces from the world of film: new work from established filmmakers, auteurs and festival veterans.
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Gianikian created a montage of images from work trips to the USA and Jerusalem to accompany his deceased partner Ricci Lucchi’s wonderfully illustrated diaries.
103'
Italy
IFFR 2020
Les enfants d'Isadora
Four women struggle with the choreography Mother by Isadora Duncan, created after the death of her two young children.
84'
France
IFFR 2020