Archive of films Lara / Lara

Germany
2019, 96 min

Section: Official Selection - Competition
Year: 2019

Lara has just turned sixty; it’s a very special day that will culminate in a career-defining piano concert given by her son. Viktor remains elusive, however, and his mother’s repeated attempts to get through to him come to nothing. German acting legend Corinna Harfouch stars in this precisely crafted psychological study by one of the most successful German filmmakers of his generation, Jan-Ole Gerster, who here takes up the thread of his critically acclaimed debut Oh Boy.

Synopsis

Today is Lara’s sixtieth birthday, a special day that will culminate in an event she will always treasure – her son is giving an important solo piano recital. But Viktor, whose career has always been his assertive mother’s sole focus, remains elusive and her repeated attempts to get through to him come to nothing. Lara decides to resolve the unnerving situation in an unconventional way, yet she finds she’s in for some surprises in the hours prior to the concert. German acting legend Corinna Harfouch stars in this precisely crafted psychological study by one of the most successful German filmmakers of his generation, Jan-Ole Gerster, who here takes up the thread of his critically acclaimed debut Oh Boy (KVIFF 2012, EFA’s European Discovery Award).

Karel Och

About the director

Jan-Ole Gerster (b. 1978, Hagen, Germany). Filmography: Oh Boy (2012, premiered at KVIFF), Lara (2019)

Contacts

Beta Cinema GmbH
Grünwalder Weg 28d, 820 41, Oberhaching/Munich
Germany
Tel: +49 896 734 698 828
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.betacinema.com

Publicity contact

Stephen Lan
E-mail: [email protected]

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About the film

Color, DCP
World premiere

Section:	Official Selection - Competition

Director:	Jan-Ole Gerster
Screenplay:	Blaz Kutin
Dir. of Photography:	Frank Griebe
Music:	Arash Safaian
Editor:	Isabel Meier
Art Director:	K. D. Gruber
Producer:	Marcos Kantis
Production:	Schiwago Film GmbH
Coproduction:	StudioCanal
Cast:	Corinna Harfouch, Tom Schilling, Volkmar Kleinert, André Jung, Rainer Bock
Sales:	Beta Cinema GmbH
Contact:	Stephen Lan