In recent years, director Alice Rohrwacher has proven to be one of the greatest talents in Italy. She wrote this dreamy story about a family living on a remote farm and keeping bees based on her experiences as a young German-Italian. Wolfgang, the crude father (Sam Louwyck), hopes that his eldest daughter Gelsomina will one day carry on the beekeeping business in the same small-scale way. Their cheerful, chaotic life is put under pressure when the family is asked to take part in a competition to win a role in a TV commercial. Wolfgang doesn’t like the attention, but for the rest of the family this is a comical diversion from their dull country life. For the first time, young Gelsomina finds out that her desires are different from her father’s. A dreamy, delicate and loving portrait of a family trying to live in its own way, in spite of encroachment from the outside world. With Big Talk on Sun 25-1 in the theatreof Oude Luxor.
Film details
Productielanden
Germany, Italy, Switzerland
Jaar
2014
Festivaleditie
IFFR 2015
Lengte
111'
Medium/Formaat
DCP
Taal
French, German, Italian
Première status
None
Director
Alice Rohrwacher
Producer
Carlo Cresto-Dina, Karl Baumgartner, Tiziana Soudani, Michael Weber, Gabriella de Gara, Sven Waelti, Burkhard Althoff, Doris Hepp
Principal cast
Alba Rohrwacher, Sabine Timoteo, Sam Louwyck
Production design
Emita Frigato
Screenplay
Alice Rohrwacher
Cinematography
Hélène Louvart
Sound design
Christophe Giovannoni
Production company
tempesta srl, Rai Cinema, Pola Pandora Film, Amka Films Productions, The Match Factory GmbH, RSI Radiotelevisione Svizerra, SRG SSR, ZDF - Das kleine Fernsehspiel, ZDF / ARTE