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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 2007 - 10.21 July

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RUDY, THE RETURN OF THE RACING PIG

Category: Edition 2007

Synopsis

Up to now, Nickel, a 9 year-old boy, and his single dad Thomas have been managing very well together. Then Nickel goes on a school excursion and brings the little piglet Rudy back with him in his rucksack. Once he’s home, he makes a terrifying discovery: dad has a girlfriend! Worse yet, she’s moved in with him and brought her 12 year-old daughter Felicitas along. Nickel makes a deal with Thomas: if those two stay, then so can Rudy. When life becomes unbearable for Nickel, he flees with Rudy to “Porkland”, followed by Felicitas and pursued by two dumb crooks. It’s the beginning of an adventure that ends in the swamps of the Oder Valley, where Rudy saves the lives of the two children and finds a new home.

Original Title RENNSCHWEIN RUDI RÜSSEL 2
Italian Title RUDY MAIALINO DISPETTOSO 2
Category Official Competition
Section Kidz
Tipology Feature Film
Duration 99'
Production Year 2006
Nationality Germany
Directed by Peter Timm
Screenplay Peter Timm, Karsten Willutzki
Based on the book "Rudy, Pig Racing" ("Rennschwein Rudi Rüssel")
by Uwe Timm
Director of photography Achim Poulheim
Editor Barbara Hennings
Production Design Monika Bauert
Costume Design Lucia Faust
Sound Bernd Hackmann
Music Marcel Barsotti
Main cast Sebastian Koch (Thomas Bussmann)
Sophie von Kessel (Anja Grusig)
Maurice Teichert (Nickel Bussmann)
Sina Richardt (Feli Grusig)
Dominique Horwitz (Einstein)
Andreas Schmidt (Spacko)
Produced by Günter Rohrbach, Heike Wiehle-Timm

rudy the return of the racing pig regPeter Timm

Born in 1950 in East Germany. In 1969, he began studies at the East Berlin Drama School. In 1976, he moved to Frankfurt and started working as a writer, actor and director. In 1981, he wrote the screenplay for the award-winning MEIER, which he filmed four years later. His other films include: FIFTY FIFTY (1988), GO TRABI GO (1991), MANTA – DER FILM (1991), PAULINE IN BETWEEN (EIN MANN FÜR JEDE TONART, 1992), SIMPLY LOVE (EINFACH NUR LIEBE, 1993), RUDY, THE RACING PIG (RENNSCHWEIN RUDI RÜSSEL, 1995), FAMILIE XXL (2002), MY BROTHER IS A DOG (MEIN BRUDER IST EIN HUND, 2004).

 

Director’s statement

“For the sequel of a hit film, it’s hard not only to top the success of its predecessor, but also to find a new story to tell that doesn’t presuppose a knowledge of the first film. This is the only way to ensure that all ‘new’ Rudi fans will be just as delighted with this sequel as the audiences of the first Rudi film”.

Production
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