German director Valeska Grisebach returns after twelve years of silence with her own version of a Western. According to her own definition of this male-dominated genre, the cowboys are German employees of a construction company that undertakes projects in Eastern Europe, the Ιndians are Bulgarian natives that seem exotic – either amusing or dangerous – to the eyes of the intruders, but the West remains wild and constantly oriented towards “growth.” Through the eyes of a lonesome observer who supervises a big project on the Greek-Bulgarian border, we witness a new clash of civilizations.
Western
Western
58th TIFF: Greek Premiere
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- Direction: Valeska Grisebach
- Script: Valeska Grisebach
- Cinematography: Bernhard Keller
- Editing: Bettina Böhler
- Sound: Fabian Schmidt
- Actors: Meinhard Neumann, Reinhardt Wetrek, Syuleyman Alilov Letifov, Veneta Frangova
- Production: Komplizen Film Production
- Producers: Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski, Maren Ade Valeska Grisebach, Michel Merkt
- Co-production: Chouchkov Brothers, Coop99
- Art Direction: Beatrice Schultz
- Costumes: Veronika Albert
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: Germany, Bulgaria, United Kingdom
- Production Year: 2017
- Duration: 119΄
- Distribution in Greece: One from the Heart
- Contact: FIlms Boutique
Valeska Grisebach
Valeska Grisebach studied Philosophy and German Studies in Berlin, Munich and Vienna. In 1993 she began studying to be a director at the Viennese Film Academy under Peter Patzak, Wolfgang Glück and Michael Haneke.
Her second feature film, Longing, premiered in 2006 in the Berlinale Competition. The film received several awards, including the Special Jury Award in Buenos Aires and the Special Jury Award at the Warsaw International Film Festival.
Filmography
2001 Mein Stern | Be My Star
2006 Sehnsucht | Longing
2017 Western | Ουέστερν
