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VERGISS AMERIKA
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Germany
2000 / 35 mm / Color / 88 min.
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FORGET AMERICA / OUBLIE L'AM�RIQUE
Having a friend like Benno is the best thing that can happen to you. Especially if you're young, your name is David and you live in Aschleben, the most godforsaken little town in the world. When you see the gleam in Benno's eyes, you know something good is about to happen. One day Anna enters the picture. She comes from Halle, has sparkling eyes and a saucy grin. She dreams of becoming a big star. Of course Benno's the one who wins Anna's heart. David watches from the sideline and wonders when his life is ever going to get started. The three of them go their separate ways: alternate civil service, acting and compulsory military duty. When they reunite in Aschleben, the wide wonderful world seems more unattainable than ever. David's father is confined to a wheelchair after an accident at work, his brother can't find an apprenticeship, and David himself, who wants to be a photographer, loses his job at the photography studio. Benno is the only one who still has big plans: he takes out a loan to open a dealership for big American cars. But the only people he ends up doing business with are Polish car thieves. Anna seems content to give up her dreams: she comes back from acting school in Berlin and settles down in Aschleben to be with Benno. There's a new supermarket in town and David works at the fish counter. It's better than nothing. He has a thing going with a girl from the perfume section but it's Anna he really wants, all he ever wanted. With Benno getting sucked deeper and deeper into his illegal car business, David will get his chance...
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Script: Maggie Peren.
Phot.: Judith Kaufmann.
Ed.: Martina Matuschewski.
Mus.: Beckmann.
Cast: Marek Harloff, Franziska Petri, Roman Knizka, Rita Feldmeier, Andreas Schmidt-Schaller, Gerd Lohmeyer.
Prod.: Alena Rumbach, Herbert Rumbach, Avista/Brainpool/Kinowelt, Kellerstrasse 37, 81667 Munich (Allemagne), t�l.: (49-89) 448 12 98, fax: (49-89) 448 75 02, e-mail: [email protected].
Sales: Cinepool, Sonnenstrasse 21, 80331 Munich (Allemagne), t�l.: (49-89) 558 760, fax: (49-89) 558 761 88, e-mail: [email protected].
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Vanessa Jopp
Born in 1969, Vanessa Jopp studied at the Academy for Film and Television (HFF) in Munich. She made her directorial debut in 1994 with the short, Aquavitae. She has since directed a variety of shorts and music videos and worked for the German TV comedy show Wochenshow. Together with five other HFF students, she directed the episodic film HONOLULU (1999). Her other shorts include Alpaliens (1995), One Night Suicide (1996) and This is a True Story About a Puker on the Roof (1997). FORGET AMERICA marks her solo debut in features. |
