72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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The River Used to Be a Man / Der Fluss war einst ein Mensch

Jan Zabeil
Germany
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A young German travels through a country in Africa. He meets an old fisherman near a river, who takes him deep into the wilderness in his wooden boat. The next morning he finds himself alone in the middle of an endless delta. Here his intimate battle with death, his fears and perceptions of the outside world begins. After days of drifting through the wilderness, he arrives in a very isolated village, far from civilization; but his odyssey isn?t over yet.
Director
Jan Zabeil
Screenplay
Jan Zabeil, Alexander Fehling
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Benny Drechsel, Karsten Stöter, Jan Zabeil Rohfilm Berlin GmbH Schwedenstrasse 14 13357 Berlin Tel 49 30 499 19 888-0 Fax 49 30 499 19 888-9 contact@rohfilm.de
Photography
Jakub Bejnarowicz
Edition
Florian Mosge
Cast
Alexander Fehling
Running Time
80 m.
Country
Germany
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