BACKSTORY - Short movie - Let's talk about life, love, death.
Absolutely masterful.
A movie doesn't need to last 2h15 to be good. This short movie, written and directed by Joschka LAUKENINKS and produced by themarmalade, proves it by summing up in a simple, yet powerful way all of the most important moments of a modern human being. It shows with a tough straigtforwardness the lessons life provides us, and also that, most of the time, we learn them too late.
The movie has been rewarded by more than 30 awards :
BEST DIRECTOR at FARM FILM FESTIVAL, Sicily, Italy,
BEST SHORT at ORLANDO FILM FESTIVAL, Orlando, US
BEST OF FESTIVAL at FASTNET FILM FESTIVAL Schull, Cork, Ireland
JURY AWARD at HAMILTON FILM FESTIVAL, Hamilton, US
BEST IN SHOW at CREATION INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Ottawa, Canada
and more...
But the director is not a newby; a lot of famous brands put their trust in his hands (Axe, Siemens, Samsung, Mercedes-Benz, LG etc.)
Here, we are far away from the marketing. The movie presents the mysterious main character, filmed from the back (until the end but shhhhh...), showing his success, mistakes, sadness and loneliness moments.
A beautiful hymn to the life and its raw severity.
The music, composed by Germann WAHNSINN, discret but present, sublimates the whole.
In addition to being artistically perfect, it was shot in 17 shooting days over a period of 1,5 years, in Germany.
No need to say more, discover it yourself...