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]
About the film
Color, DCP
World premiere
Section: | Official Selection - Competition |
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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 |
Guests

Cosima Finkbeiner
Sales Agent

Stephen Lan
Publicist

Jan-Ole Gerster
Film Director

Corinna Harfouch
Actress

Volkmar Kleinert
Actor

Rainer Bock
Actor

Fabian Schmidt
Sound Editor

Marcos Kantis
Producer

Michal Pokorny
Producer

Philipp Ernst
Music Coordinator

Lena Obara
Music Supervisor

Thorsten Ritter
Sales Agent

Blaž Kutin
Screenwriter

Isabel Meier
Film Editor

Timon Modersohn
Assistant Director

Steffen C. Jürgens
Actor

Charles Breitkreuz
Line-producer