Lore
Germany/UK/Australia 2012
Director: Cate Shortland
109 minutes, German with ENG Subs.
Starring:
Saskia Rosendahl
Kai Malina
Nele Trebs
Spring 1945 and the German resistance collapses. With their Nazi parents imprisoned by Allied forces, abandoned to an uncertain fate, 14 year old Lore takes charge of her young siblings, trying to navigate them across a devastated country, that is now divided into four occupation zones.
As days turn into weeks, they meet Thomas, an emaciated Jewish refugee with an uncertain past. He follows the children through forest and field, and slowly - with a mixture of persistence and unsettling kindness - finally works himself into their confidence. Set against the aftermath of war, LORE is a haunting road movie through the wilderness of shattered ideals; a hypnotic vision of sexual awakening rigorously unsentimental yet of raw emotional power. From the director of SOMERSAULT.
director
cast
Cate Shortland
Saskia Rosendahl
Kai Malina
Nele Trebs
Ursina Lardi
Hans-Jochen Wagner
Mika Seidel
André Frid
Eva-Maria Hagen
executive producers
supported by
Benny Drechsel
Liz Watts
Paul Welsh
Margaret Matheson
Vincent Sheehan
Anita Sheehan
Filmförderungsanstalt
Mitteldeutsche Filmförderung
Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein
HessenInvestFilm
Medien-und Filmgesellschaft
Deutscher Filmförderfonds
Scottish Screen
Screen Australia
Porchlight Films
Edge City Films
world sales
Memento Films International
Locarno 2012 - Audience Award – Piazza Grande Prix du Public
Hesse Film Award 2012 – Best Feature Film
Stockholm International Film Festival 2012 – Bronze Horse for Best Film
