Archive of films Ordinaries / The Ordinaries

Germany
2022, 120 min

Section: Crystal Globe Competition
Year: 2022

Paula is a supporting role aspiring to become a main character. Yet, just before her final exams, her emotive music generator suddenly starts playing up, which presents a major problem for her. No starring role can survive without a heartrending accompaniment from the strings. The Ordinaries is a film about what it’s like to live in a film. An enchanting ode to cinema, a whirl of ideas, and playfulness in every take.

Synopsis

At the moment Paula is only an ordinary supporting role, but she’s got her final exams coming up at the school for main characters. However, her emotive music generator suddenly starts playing up, which is a huge setback for her. No starring role can survive without the accompaniment of a rousing string section and haunting melodies on the piano. No-one has any idea what the problem is, so the girl has to try and find a solution for herself. She sets off on a road that takes her not only into her family’s past, but also into a world on the fringes, a world of outtakes and illicit dealers in sound effects… This is a film about what it’s like to live in a film. An enchanting ode to cinema, a whirl of ideas, and playfulness in every take – these are the distinguishing features of The Ordinaries.

Anna Kořínek

About the director

Sophie Linnenbaum (1986, Nuremberg). Selected filmography: [Out of Fra]me (2016, short), Our Fathers (Väter unser, 2021, doc.), The Ordinaries (2022).

Contacts

The Match Factory
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Germany
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Publicity contact

Simone Devlin
E-mail: [email protected]

About the film

Barevný, černobílý, DCP
International premiéra

Section:	Crystal Globe Competition

Director:	Sophie Linnenbaum
Screenplay:	Sophie Linnenbaum, Michael Fetter Nathansky
Dir. of Photography:	Valentin Selmke
Music:	Fabian Zeidler
Sound:	Nicolas Voß
Editor:	Kai Eiermann
Art Director:	Josefine Lindner, Max-Josef Schönborn
Producer:	Laura Klippel, Britta Strampe
Production:	Bandenfilm
Coproduction:	ZDF – Das Kleine Fernsehspiel, Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
Cast:	Fine Sendel, Jule Böwe, Henning Peker
Sales:	The Match Factory
Contact:	Simone Devlin