Athens International Film Festival
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Oh Boy

With a debut harbouring some serious Woody Allen-style irony, Jan Ole Gerster paints the bittersweet portrait of a character stuck somewhere between careless youth and pained adult.

Niko is nearing 30 and has decided to break up with his girlfriend right when his dad leaves him high dry after he learns he has dropped out of college. Meanwhile, a government psychologist has decided he’s got a serious problem. Despite this avalanche of bad news, all Niko cares about is getting a cup of coffee and wandering the streets of Berlin, where he was born and raised.

With a debut harbouring some serious Woody Allen-style irony, Jan Ole Gerster paints the bittersweet portrait of a character stuck somewhere between careless youth and pained adult. The stunning black & white photography and jazzy soundtrack set the tone for Niko’s feel-good existential deadlock, played out against modern-day Berlin, irresistibly attractive and unbearably nostalgic at the same time. N.S.


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Σκηνοθεσία / Director: Jan Ole Gerster

Σενάριο / Screenwriter: Jan Ole Gerster

Φωτογραφία / DoP: Philipp Kirsamer

Μοντάζ / Editor: Anja Siemens

Ηθοποιοί / Principal Cast: Tom Schilling, Marc Hosemann, Friederike Kempter, Andreas Schröders, Justus von Dohnányi, Arnd Klawitter

Γερμανία / Germany
2012
Ασπρόμαυρο / B&W
83'
Γερμανικά, Αγγλικά / German, English

* Screens on 28 September

 



    Publication date: 2013-09-13 17:58:34