05.09.2024 | LOSING FAITH (AT/DE 2023, Martha Mechow)

AT/DE 2023, D: Martha Mechow, A: Selma Juana Schulte-Frohlinde, Ann Göbel, Joseph Löcker, 100′, OV with English subtitles, DCP

In a living room, the mother of little sisters Flippa and Furia is swallowed up by her sofa. She abandons her domestic duties and leaves the children behind. Years later, Flippa flies to Sardinia to meet Furia, whom she has not seen for a long time – she lives there in a women’s commune surrounded by nature. There, they raise children without men, organise spontaneous village parties and commit petty thefts.
Martha Mechow’s debut film is rebellious, playful and very funny. From biting readings of Jane Austen, chainsaws that cut the baby Jesus from a statue of the Virgin Mary and materialistic views on the oppression of women to a camera that moves curiously and a rhythmic editing. A film that inspires hope.

Thu 5 Sept	UT Connewitz
9 pm	On 5.9. in the presence of Martha Mechow € 7 (6 reduced)

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