THAT TRIP WE TOOK WITH DAD
Filmfest 2016
PT: DIE REISE MIT VATER
OT: DIE REISE MIT VATER
Germany, Romania, Sweden, Hungary 2016
Original version with English subtitles
(Original: German, Romanian)
World Premiere
Director: Anca M. Lăzărescu
Section: New German Cinema
Romania, 1968. Two very different brothers: Mihai is a secret police informant, Emil is a dedicated dissident. When they have the opportunity to have their ailing father’s eyes operated on in East Germany, the three set out on a moving odyssey which finally takes them to West Germany. After her short SILENT RIVER, which won over 80 awards, THAT TRIP WE TOOK WITH DAD is Anca M. Lăzărescu‘s feature film debut.
Cast: Alex Mărgineanu, Răzvan Enciu, Ovidiu Schumacher, Susanne Bormann, Manuel Klein
Credits
Screenplay: Anca M. Lăzărescu
Director of Photography: Christian Stangassinger
Film Editor: Dan Olteanu, Hansjörg Weissbrich
Composer: Ferenc Darvas
Production Designer: Petra Albert
Costume Design: Gyorgy Szakacs, Juli Szlavik
Sound: Tamas Devenyi
Producer: David Lindner Leporda
Production Company: Filmallee GmbH
Co-Producer: Jessica Ask, Fredrik Zander, Nandor Lovas, Daniel Mitulescu, Andrea Taschler, Catalin Mitulescu
Co-Production Company: Mirage Film, Strada Film, Chimney, Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), Arte
Distributor: Movienet Film GmbH
Director: Anca M. Lăzărescu
biography
Anca M. Lăzărescu was born in Timisoara, Romania, in 1979. She moved to Germany with her parents in 1990. Her doc DAS GEHEIMNIS VON DEVA won prizes including the Best New Talent Award at the Sehsüchte student film fest 2007. She graduated from Munich film school HFF 2011 with short SILENT RIVER, which was invited to over 300 festivals and won 82 international awards. THAT TRIP WE TOOK WITH DAD is her debut feature. She is a member of the Romanian and European Film Academies.
