The Rhino And The Dragonfly
Filmfest 2012
(Die Libelle und das Nashorn)
Germany 2012
Original version with English subtitles
(Original: German)
World Premiere
Director: Lola Randl
Section: New German Cinema
Ada, a young writer, and Nino, an aging screen star are stranded in a luxurious hotel for the night. Killing time at the hotel bar, they begin to engage each other in amusing and sometimes bizarre role-playing games. Their views on life could not be more different, but these contradictions are exactly what makes them more and more interested in each other. Ada intentionally asks him provocative questions about old age and Nino senses that he will not experience many more evenings like this in his lifetime. It is an extraordinary night for both of them, full of questions they would never have posed under different circumstances. A rare intimacy develops during their chance meeting and when morning breaks they part, safe in the know-ledge that the night has enriched them both.
Mario Adorf and Fritzi Haberlandt demonstrate their immensely versatile acting talent in this intelligent and humorous story.
Cast: Fritzi Haberlandt, Mario Adorf
Credits
Screenplay: Lola Randl
Director of Photography: Philipp Pfeiffer
Film Editor: Andreas Wodraschke
Composer: Maciej Sledziecki
Production Designer: Peter Menne
Costume Design: Ulrike Scharfschwerdt
Sound: Benjamin Simon
Producer: Herbert Schwering
Production Company: Coin Film GmbH
Distributor: NFP marketing & distribution GmbH
Director: Lola Randl
