Archive of films Blue Moon / Blue Moon

Austria
2002, 90 min

Section: Variety Critics’ Choice: Europe Now!
Year: 2003

Engaging road movie in which two smalltime crooks and a mysterious blonde
bounce around from Slovakia to Ukraine.

Synopsis

Two smalltime crooks and an enigmatic Ukrainian looker bounce around in the uncertain world of post-communist Central Europe in Blue Moon, a highly engaging character-comedy which delivers emotionally in the final reels. Terrific casting of the three leads - popular Austrian standup comic Josef Hader, outre German comedian-helmer Detlev W. Buck, plus Ukrainian knockout Viktoria Malektorovych - raise this road movie-cum-offbeat love story several notches above the norm, coaxed along by sympathetic direction from first-timer Andrea Maria Dusl. Much of the film´s emotional clout is due to the actors themsleves, who flesh out often sketchily drawn roles against believable backgrounds shot in actual locations (Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine).
Derek Elley

Contacts

Lotus Film GmbH
Mollardgasse 85a, Stiege 1, 1060, Vienna
Austria
Tel: +43 1 786 33 87
Fax: +43 1 786 338 711
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.lotus-film.co.at

First Hand Films GmbH
Neunbrunnenstraße 50, CH - 8050, Zürich
Switzerland
Tel: +41 443 122 060
Fax: +41 443 122 080
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.firsthandfilms.com

Austrian Films
Stiftgasse 6, 1070, Vienna
Austria
Tel: +43 1 526 33 23
E-mail: [email protected]
www: austrianfilm.com

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About the film

Color, 35 mm

Section:	Variety Critics’ Choice: Europe Now!

Director:	Andrea Maria Dusl
Screenplay:	Andrea Maria Dusl
Dir. of Photography:	Wolfgang Thaler
Music:	Christian Fennesz, Peter Dusl, Yuri Naumov
Editor:	Karina Ressler, Andrea Wagner
Producer:	Erich Lackner
Production:	Lotus-Film GmbH
Cast:	Josef Hader, Viktoria Malektorovych, Detlev W. Buck, Ivan Laca, Peter Aczel, Andrea Karnasova, Emöke Vinczeová, Orest Ogorodnik
Contact:	Lotus Film GmbH, First Hand Films GmbH, Austrian Films

www:	www.blue-moon.cc

Guests

Martin Schweighofer

Film Institution Rep.

Andrea Maria Dusl

Anne Laurent - Delage

Film Institution Rep.