Archive of films Who Saw Him / Chi l'ha visto

Germany
2009, 92 min

Section: Another View
Year: 2010

Berliner Gianni Meurer sets out on a journey to Rome in order to find his father: he saw him as a little boy and then lost all contact with him. An old photograph is all he has to help him find his dad, his roots, and even his personal and national identity. This remarkable debut combines documentary and dramatic approaches, and creates a compelling road movie about a trip the protagonist must take in order to move on with his life.

Synopsis

At first sight, young Berliner Gianni Meurer looks a lot like a southerner, and that’s how he feels and acts. The Italian blood coursing through his veins pushes him to take a journey to the unknown in order to seek out his roots and his father, whom he last saw 25 years earlier. Besides faded childhood memories, the only reminders he has of his dad are a few letters and a photograph. Gianni sets out for Rome, showing the photo to everyone he meets on the way in the hope that someone will eventually recognize his dad. In this remarkable debut, German director Claudia Rorarius, who has ample experience making documentaries, blends fiction and reality, biography and drama. Who Saw Him – a road movie about a trip the protagonist must take in order to move on with his life – is based on improvised dialogue and wonderful acting performances from well-known musician Paul Kominek and, above all, Gianni Meurer, which is the protagonist’s actual name. In Germany he is a popular musical actor who, like Gianni in the movie, is an Italian-German who lost all contact with his father at an early age.

About the director

Claudia Rorarius (b. 1972, Berlin) studied photography and then worked successfully as a freelance photographer. Her work, primarily powerful portraits of well-known personalities, has been published in a variety of newspapers and magazines. At the same time, she studied direction at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne. While still in school she created several award-winning shorts and documentaries, among them Cable Car (2001) and Twin (2001). She has also shot music videos, and in 2004, in cooperation with the prestigious show "Kleines Fernsehspiel”, on the ZDF television station, she put together a documentary about her relatives in eastern Germany spanning several years entitled Susanne. Who Saw Him, which she also produced, is her feature debut.

Contacts

Soquietfilms Production
Linienstrasse 71, 10119, Berlin
Germany
Tel: +49 178 534 3347
Fax: +49 307 563 5598
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.soquietfilms.com

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About the film

Color, 35 mm

Section:	Another View

Director:	Claudia Rorarius
Screenplay:	Claudia Rorarius, Gianni Meurer
Dir. of Photography:	Claudia Rorarius
Editor:	Claudia Rorarius, Andreas Menn
Producer:	Claudia Rorarius
Production:	Soquetfilms Production
Cast:	Gianni Meurer, Paul Kominek
Contact:	Soquietfilms Production

www:	www.chilhavisto.de

Guests

Claudia Rorarius

Film Director / Producer