Marija
- 2016
- Germany, Switzerland
- 101 min. / Color
- 1:1.85 / Dolby 5.1
Marija is a cleaner in a hotel, but dreams of a freer, self-determined life. Intent on turning her dream into reality, she is prepared to subordinate her body, her social relationships and finally her own feelings to her declared goal.
Cast
- Margarita Breitkreiz
- Georg Friedrich
- Olga Dinnokova
- Sahin Eryilmaz
Pandora Film Produktion in co-production with hugofilm, Little Shark Entertainment, WDR, ARTE and Schweizer Fernsehen SRF
Crew
- Director and screenplay
- Michael Koch
- Producers
- Claudia Steffen, Christoph Friedel (Pandora Film Produktion)
- Co-producer
- Christof Neracher (hugofilm)
- Screenplay
- Michael Koch, Juliane Großheim
- Cinematographer
- Bernhard Keller
- Editor
- Florian Riegel
- Production design
- Petra Barchi
- Makeup
- Astrid Weber
- Costume design
- Peri De Braganca
- Sound design
- Tobias Koch, Maurizius Staerkle-Drux
- Sound
- Jean-Pierre Gerth
- Key grip
- Henry Notroff
- Casting
- Susanne Ritter
Press
“A haunting social and character study. Margarita Breitkreiz shines in it as an unscrupulous seeker of happiness.”
Alfred Schlienger, Neue Zürcher Zeitung
“A quiet, impressive feature film debut that never exploits its social realism.”
Andreas Busche, Tagesspiegel
“Margarita Breitkreiz is a discovery. The haunting portrait of a young woman who denies herself feelings in order not to be consumed herself.”
Knut Elstermann, Radioeins
“This tightly packed portrait of a woman, which does without music, knows no compromises, neither in its realistic style nor in its undramatic, observant portrayal of the immigrant milieu.”
Alexandra Wach, Filmdienst
“Margarita Breitkreiz endows this tense character study with a credible urgency that makes it one of the year's most powerful looks at the crisis of the working class.”
Eric Kohn, IndieWire
“An incisive, confidently unsentimental debut feature for writer-director Michael Koch, this steel-cut slice of life persistently avoids easy ethical dichotomies.”
Guy Lodge, Variety
Festivals
- Locarno Film Festival, 2016
- Toronto Int. Film Festival, 2016
- Busan Int. Film Festival, 2016
- Semana Int. de Cine de Valladolid, 2016
- Kyiv Int. Film Festival Molodist, 2016
- Solothurner Filmtage, 2017
- Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis, 2017
- Festival Premier Plans d´Angers, 2017
- Göteborg Film Festival, 2017
- Glasgow Film Festival, 2017
- Festival Int. du Film d´Amour, Mons, 2017
- Bergamo Film Meeting, 2017
- Guadalajara Int. Film Festival, 2017
- Int. Film Festival Prague – Febiofest, 2017
- Festival of German Films New York, 2017
- Minneapolis St.Paul Int. Film Festival, 2017
- Riviera Int. Film Festival, 2017
- European Film Festival Romania, 2017
- Visions sociales, Cannes, 2017
- Festival de Cine Independente de Bogotá, 2017
- Arras Film Festival, 2017
- Cairo International Film Festival, 2017
