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
Domstrasse 60, 50668, Cologne
Germany
Tel: +49 221 539 7090
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.the-match-factory.com
Publicity contact
Simone Devlin
E-mail: [email protected]
About the film
Barevný, černobílý, DCP
International premiéra
Section: | Crystal Globe Competition |
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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 |
Guests

Sophie Linnenbaum
Film Director

Laura Klippel
Producer

Britta Strampe
Producer

Josefine Lindner
Production Designer

Max-Josef Schönborn
Production Designer

Kai Eiermann
Film Editor

Sophie Peters
Costume Designer

Valentin Selmke
Director of Photography

Michael Fetter Nathansky
Screenwriter

Simone Devlin
Publicist