MARIA WURGLER RICH - DENMARK

Maria Wurgler Rich was trained at The School of Drama at Odense Theatre. While there, she appeared in many classical and original productions. In 1999, her professional debut as Dottie in Killer Joe was critically acclaimed, and her performance in the road production won "Tour Performance of the Year 2001".

She starred in the stage production of Aki Kaurismaki's I Hired a Contract Killer, will have the title role in Kaleidoskop Theatre's K?rlighedsbarnet Ifigenia She has several TV roles to her credit, and her feature films include Jonas Elmers Monas Verden and Minor Mishaps, by Annette K. Olesen, screened in Competition in Berlin 2002. The creative ensemble of the film was awarded with the AGICOA "Blue Angel" for best European film. Maria Rich currently has the lead role in Baby, a new film by Linda Wendel.

SMA ULYKKER / MINOR MISHAPS
35mm colour 104'
Directed by Annette K. Olesen
Produced by Zentropa Productions


Minor Mishaps takes place in present day Copenhagen, and tells the story of five members of a family, which finds itself in crisis following the sudden death of the matriarch, Ulla. In this collection of five intertwining stories, we follow Ulla's husband, John, the old joker, irresponsible and ill with a heart problem he ignores; Eva, living in self-imposed exile; Tom, the good boy in the middle with no self-awareness; Marianne (Maria Wurgler Rich), who never ventured from the nest, and is now without mother, or boyfriend; and Soren, John's brother, 50 and ready to retire, or so he thinks. Ulla's death throws them all into a state of self-reflection and turmoil.