Beck's Last Summer
Filmfest 2015
PT: Becks letzter Sommer
OT: BECKS LETZTER SOMMER
Germany 2015
Original version with English subtitles
(Original: German)
World Premiere
Director: Frieder Wittich
Section: New German Cinema
Beck is in his late thirties. He once wanted to be a rock star but ended up a music teacher in Berlin instead. He was kicked out of his band a long time ago, his friendship with drummer Charlie is all that remains. One day Beck realizes that one of his pupils could be his ticket out of mediocrity. One of his students, Rauli Kantas, is a musical prodigy, a hugely gifted electric guitar player and a great songwriter. Beck decides to take the boy under his wing, helping him have what he didn't - a career as a musician. His motives are not entirely altruistic, as he tries to steer the boy into the right direction – which proves difficult because the quiet young man Rauli harbours a secret. Things become even more complicated when Charlie asks a big favor of Beck. He's been diagnosed with lymphoma and wants to pay a last visit to his mother in Istanbul. A very unusual road trip begins...
Claussen+Putz Filmproduction
PLEASE NOTE: This film will be screened in its original version with English subtitles. EXCEPTION: The screening on July 3, 5 PM, will be a barrier-free version for seeing and hearing impaired (audio description, German subtitles)
Cast: Christian Ulmen, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Eugene Boateng, Friederike Becht, Fabian Hinrichs
Credits
Screenplay: Oliver Ziegenbalg, Frieder Wittich
Original Material: Benedict Wells
Director of Photography: Christian Rein
Film Editor: Marty Schenk
Composer: Tobias Jundt aka Bonaparte
Production Designer: Eva Maria Stiebler
Costume Design: Silke Faber
Sound: Ben Krüger
Producer: Jakob Claussen, Uli Putz
Production Company: Claussen+Putz Filmproduktion GmbH
Co-Producer: Helge Sasse, Solveig Fina, Franz Kraus, Antonio Exacoustos
Co-Production Company: Senator Film Produktion, Arri Film & TV Services, B.A. Produktion, 23/5 Filmproduktion GmbH
World Sales: ARRI Worldsales
Distributor: Senator Film Verleih GmbH
Director: Frieder Wittich
