The film explores with aesthetic sensitivity the possibilities of love and communication, when three generations face the problem of aging and Alzheimer disease. Special attention is given to the gracious response of the woman who bears an unequal share of the family´s burdens.
45th International Film Festival Berlin
09.02.1995 to 20.02.1995
Berlin
The Ecumenical Jury Berlin 1995, left to right (standing): Hugo Ara, Peter Malone, Lothar Strüber, Jeffrey Mahan, Peter Willnauer, Martin Ammon, Hans Hodel; (sitting): Angelika Obert, Henk Hoekstra, Kveta Samajova (© Ekko von Schwichow)
Awards
Summer Snow
Directed by:
1995
Directed by:
1994
The jury awards the film for its engaging portrait of two young adults who show the possibilities for deep, humane communication about themselves and significant life issues – a meeting of minds and hearts from the old world and the new.
Berge versetzen
Directed by:
1994
The jury awards the film for its sensitive documentary strength (including previously unseen material) of the 1989 Chinese Democracy movement. This enables a world-wide audience to appreciate its context and the young leaders who embody qualities not only for China´s future but for that of the world.
Russian Symphony
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1994
The director interprets the situation of post-perestroika Russian society through surrealistic images of an apocalyptic catastrophe. This ironic and critical film language is necessary because the traditional patterns of interpretation no longer work. The overwhelming power of these apocalyptic events strongly raises the question of God.
Directed by:
1994
The film treads in a fictional manner the need of individual and society to resolve the conflicts of the past. It opposes amnesia at many layer of society and provokes the question of responsibility, justice and reconciliation.
