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GIFFONI EXPERIENCE 2011 - 12.21 July

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BREATHING

Category: Edition 2011

Synopsis

Roman Kogler, 19 year-old, is serving time in a juvenile detention centre. He has already served half of his sentence, and could be released on probation, but his chances are poor: he doesn’t have family, and seems incapable of coping with society. After many failed attempts, Roman finds a probation job at the municipal morgue in Vienna. One day, Roman is faced with a dead woman who bears his family name. Even though it soon turns out that she is not his mother, Roman wonders about his past for the first time and starts looking for her.

 

Sinossi

Roman Kogler, 19 anni, è rinchiuso in un carcere minorile. Ha già scontato metà della sua condanna, e ora potrebbe essere rilasciato sulla parola, ma è povero di risorse: non ha una famiglia ad attenderlo e sembra incapace di integrarsi nella società. Dopo diversi tentativi falliti, il ragazzo trova un lavoro presso l’obitorio di Vienna. Un giorno, Roman si ritrova dinanzi al cadavere di una donna che porta il suo stesso cognome. Anche se scopre presto che non si tratta di sua madre, per la prima volta Roman sente il bisogno di indagare sul suo passato e di mettersi alla ricerca della sua vera madre.

 

Original Title ATMEN
Category Official Competition
Section Generator +16
Tipology Feature Film
Duration 93'
Production Year 2011
Nationality Austria
Directed by Karl Markovics
Screenplay Karl Markovics
Script Karl Markovics
Director of photography Martin Gschlacht
Editor Alarich Lenz
Production Design Isidor Wimmer
Costume Design Caterina Czepek
Sound William Edouard Franck
Music Herbert Tucmandl
Main cast Thomas Schubert (Roman)
Karin Lischka (Margit)
Gerhard Liebmann (Walter Fakler)
Georg Friedrich (Rudolf Kienast)
Stefan Matousch (Gerhard Schorn)
Georg Veitl (Jürgen Hefor)
Produced by Dieter Pochlatko, Nikolaus Wisiak

breathing regKarl Markovics
Born 1963, Vienna. He is a stage, screen and television actor. He was the leading player in Stefan Ruzowitzky’s feature film THE COUNTERFEITERS (DIE FÄLSCHER, 2007), which won the 2008 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 2009 he was again directed by Ruzowitzky in LILLY THE WITCH – THE DRAGON AND THE MAGIC BOOK (HEXE LILLI: DER DRACHE UND DAS MAGISCHE BUCH), which was screened at GFF 2009. In 2011 he starred in UNKNOWN, directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. BREATHING is his first feature film as a writer and director.

 

Karl Markovics
Nato a Vienna nel 1963. È attore teatrale, cinematografico e televisivo. È stato protagonista del film IL FALSARIO: OPERAZIONE BERNHARD (DIE FÄLSCHER, 2007), diretto da Stefan Ruzowitzky e vincitore dell’Oscar 2008 come miglior film straniero. Nel 2009 viene diretto di nuovo da Ruzowitzky in MAGA MARTINA E IL LIBRO MAGICO DEL DRAGHETTO (LILLY THE WITCH – THE DRAGON AND THE MAGIC BOOK / HEXE LILLI: DER DRACHE UND DAS MAGISCHE BUCH), in concorso al GFF 2009. Nel 2011 ha recitato in UNKNOWN: SENZA IDENTITÀ (UNKNOWN), di Jaume Collet-Serra. BREATHING è il suo esordio come regista e sceneggiatore.

 

Production

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