logo 2009

GIFFONI EXPERIENCE 2009 - 12.25 July

Sections & Films

LITTLE WHITE LIES

Category: Edition 2009

Synopsis

Alexander wants so badly to win a painting competition at school so that he can impress Lotte, the girl he is in love with. After school, Alexander hangs out with his friends, including not only Lotte, but also his best friend and the class inventor Maulwurf. But when Maulwurf’s latest discovery, The Perlmutterfarbe, unexpectedly lands in Alexander’s hands, his life suddenly spins out of control. While the rest of the class is looking for the thief, Alexander keeps quiet as to the whereabouts of Maulwurf’s newest invention and tells a little white lie. Gruber, an unpopular boy, knows that Alexander has what the class is looking for, but covers for Alexander, using the situation to his own advantage: he claims that The Perlmutterfarbe has been stolen by the students from another class. In this way a war begins and Gruber becomes a frightening leader. Alexander gets tangled up in a web of lies and distances himself more and more from his friends.

 

Sinossi

Alexander vuole a tutti i costi vincere una gara di pittura per impressionare Lotte, la ragazza di cui è innamorato. Dopo la scuola i due trascorrono i pomeriggi con i loro amici, tra i quali c’è l’inventore Maulwurf. Quando l’ultima scoperta del giovane genio, un colore a base di madreperla, finisce per caso nelle mani di Alexander, il ragazzo perde il controllo della sua vita. Mentre il resto della classe cerca il ladro, Alexander tace, innescando una drammatica catena di eventi. Gruber, un ragazzo rancoroso e impopolare, scopre che Alexander ha il colore e lo copre per sfruttare la situazione a suo vantaggio: accusa del furto gli studenti di un’altra classe e fa in modo che tra i due gruppi nasca un conflitto per trasformarsi in un temibile leader. Alexander, prigioniero di una rete di bugie, finisce con allontanarsi sempre di più dai suoi amici.

 

Original Title DIE PERLMUTTERFARBE
Category Official Competition
Section Elements +10
Tipology Feature Film
Duration 99'
Production Year 2009
Nationality Germany
Directed by Marcus H. Rosenmüller
Screenplay Marcus H. Rosenmüller, Christian Lerch
Based on the book "Die Perlmutterfarbe. Ein Kinderroman für fast alle Leute"
by Anna Maria Jokl
Director of photography Torsten Breuer
Editor Georg Soering
Production Design Johannes Sternagel, Doerthe Komnick
Costume Design Natascha Curtius-Noss
Sound Matthias Pletz
Music Gerd Baimann
Main cast Markus Krojer (Alexander)
Zoë Mannhardt (Lotte)
Dominik Nowak (Maulwurf)
Benedikt Hösl (Langer Gruber)
Thomas Wittmann (Hugo / Heini)
Samuel Cakan (Heihei)
Produced by Robert Marciniak, Uli Aselmann

little white lies regMarcus H. Rosenmüller
He was born in 1973, in Tegernsee, Bavaria, Germany. In 2003 he graduated from the School of Film and Television in Munich. In 2007 he won the Bavarian Film Awards for best film and best young director with his first film, the dark comedy GRAVE DECISIONS that became a surprise hit in Germany, earning more than 10 million euros at the box office. In the following years he directed five new films: HEAVYWEIGHTS (2007), GOOD TIMES (2007), BESTE GEGEND (2008) RÄUBER KNEIßL (2008) and LITTLE WHITE LIES.

 

Marcus H. Rosenmüller
Marcus H. Rosenmüller è nato nel 1973 a Tegernsee, in Bavaria, Germania. Nel 2003 si diploma alla Scuola di Cinema e Televisione di Monaco. Nel 2007 vince il Bavarian Film Awards per il miglior film e come miglior giovane regista grazie alla commedia nera che segna il suo debutto cinematografico, GRAVE DECISIONS. Il film diventa a sorpresa un successo ai botteghini tedeschi incassando più di 10 milioni di euro. Da allora Marcus ha diretto altri cinque film: HEAVYWEIGHTS (2007), GOOD TIMES (2007), BESTE GEGEND (2008), RÄUBER KNEIßL (2008) e LITTLE WHITE LIES.

 

Production
World sales
Festival contact
d.i.e. film
Zentnerstrasse 42, 80796 Munich - Germany
phone +49 892777710
fax +49 89 27777177
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

www.diefilmgmbh.de