Archive of films Pingpong / Pingpong
Germany
2006, 89 min
Section:
Forum of Independents - Competition
Year: 2007
Paul, 16, turns up uninvited to visit his relatives. After rejecting him at first, his aunt Anna slowly manages to win him over. Paul is attracted to her, but only too late does he realize that he has been drawn into her game and is now at her mercy… An intimate psychological study of several characters in a situation which gradually turns out to be far from innocent; nominated by the European Film Academy as Best Debut.
Synopsis
Paul, 16, turns up uninvited to visit his relatives. Having recently lost his father, Paul is searching for an ideal world, and he intrudes upon the seemingly ideal family. After rejecting him at first, his aunt Anna slowly brings him under her wing. Paul is attracted to her. Only too late does he realize that he has been drawn into her game, and is now at her mercy. Paul’s hurt feelings drive him to an act of desperation. With this graduation film, Matthias Luthardt and his young team have produced a highly professional work, an intimate psychological study of several characters in a situation which slowly turns out to be less innocent than it seemed at the start.
About the director
Matthias Luthardt (b. 1972, Leiden, Netherlands) first studied German, French and rhetoric in Tübingen, Paris and Hamburg and in 1998-2005 directing at the Konrad Wolf Film and TV Academy in Potsdam-Babelsberg. In 1999 he co-founded the film production company “risingstar”. After directing numerous award-winning documentaries and short films, Pingpong is his first feature. In 2006, this graduation film was invited to the Cannes Semaine de la Critique, where it won an award for best screenplay from the French Association of Authors and Composers (SACD), as well as the Young Critics’ Award. Pingpong was subsequently nominated by the European Film Academy as Debut of the Year.
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About the film
Color, 35 mm
Section: | Forum of Independents - Competition |
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Director: | Matthias Luthardt |
Screenplay: | Meike Hauck, Matthias Luthardt |
Dir. of Photography: | Christian Marohl |
Music: | Matthias Petsche |
Editor: | Florian Miosge |
Producer: | Niklas Bäumer, Anke Hartwig |
Production: | Junifilm |
Cast: | Sebastian Urzendowsky, Marion Mitterhammer, Clemens Berg, Falk Rockstron |
Contact: | Media Luna New Films UG |
www: | www.pingpong-film.de |
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