Still Life

A father pays prostitutes to play the role of his own daughter. The shocking revelation concerning his long-secret obsession tears up the family’s delicate fabric. The son blames himself, and he resolves to find out whether his father ever acted on his fantasies, while his sister wants to sort out her memories on her own. Despite her uncertainties, their mother’s reaction leaves no question as to what she thinks. The father ultimately has to find a way of coping with his shame and feelings of guilt.
Data
- Genre
- Drama
- Category
- New Talent, Feature Film
- Financing
- Nationaler Film
- Format
- 35 mm, 78 Min
- Approximate cinema release
- Spring 2012
- Release
- 18.05.2012
- Distribution
- Stadtkino Filmverleih und Kinobetriebs Gesellschaft m.b.H.
- Admissions
- 4.145
- Funding program
- ÖFI
- Film location
- Vienna, Lower Austria
- Shooting time
- April - June 2010
- Completion
- Spring 2011
- Funding institutions Austria
- Filminstitut, Filmfonds Wien, Land Niederösterreich, Cinestyria Filmcommission and Fonds
Credits
- Production
- FreibeuterFilm GmbH, Lotus Filmrechte GmbH
- Producer
- Oliver Neumann, Erich Lackner, Peter Wirthensohn, Tommy Pridnig
- Director
- Sebastian Meise
- Script
- Thomas Reider, Sebastian Meise
- DOP
- Gerald Kerkletz
- Editor
- Julia Drack
- Sound engineer
- Klaus Kellermann/Stefan Rosensprung
- Costume design
- Katharina Wöppermann
- Set design
- Katharina Wöppermann, Anja Ronacher
- Music
- Soap&Skin
- Cast
- Fritz Hörtenhuber (Vater), Daniela Golpashin (Lydia), Christoph Luser (Bernhard), Roswitha Soukup (Mutter), Anja Plaschg (Carmen)
- Production manager
- Christine Schwarzinger
- German Title
- Stillleben
- Television investment
- ORF (Film/Fernseh-Abkommen)
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