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T U K U R WILD BUNCH GERMANY PRESENTS „ORIGINAL BLISS“ A FRISBEEFILMS PRODUCTION

IN CO-PRODUCTION WITH SAARLÄNDISCHER RUNDFUNK, BAYERISCHER RUNDFUNK IN COOPERATION WITH ARTE IN CO-PRODUCTION WITH CINE PLUS FILMPRODUKTION, SENATOR FILM IN COOPERATION WITH SKY WITH THE SUPPORT OF FILM & MEDIENSTIFTUNG NRW, FILMFÖRDERUNGSANSTALT, MEDIENBOARD BERLIN-BRANDENBURG, FILMFÖRDERUNG HAMBURG SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN, DEUTSCHER FILMFÖRDERFONDS

WITH MARTINA GEDECK, URLICH TUKUR UND JOHANNES KRISCH CASTING ANJA DIHRBERG LINE PRODUCER BOGDAN THOMASSINI-BÜCHNER PRODUCTION MANAGER ANDREAS JUPE VISUAL EFFECTS URBAN VUCER COLORIST NATALIE MAXIMOVA SOUND DESIGN CHRISTOPH ULBICH SOUND MIXER VALENTIN FINKE ORIGINAL SOUND MATHIAS HAEB MAKE-UP KATHARINA ERFMANN, ELKE HAHN COSTUME DESIGNER UTE PAFFENDORF MUSIC RIAD ABDEL-NABI, WOUTER VERHULST PRODUCTION DESIGN JULIANE FRIEDRICH EDITED BY ANDREAS WODRASCHKE DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY DANIELA KNAPP EDITORIAL TEAM CHRISTIAN BAUER(SR) CLAUDIA SIMIONESCU(BR) BARBARA HÄBE(ARTE)

CO-PRODUCERS MARC GABIZON, DAVID KEHRL, FRANK EVERS, HELGE NEUBRONNER BASED ON THE NOVEL „ORIGINAL BLISS“ BY A.L. KENNEDY, SCREENPLAY BY SVEN TADDICKEN, STEFANIE VEITH, HENDRIK HÖLZEMANN PRODUCERS ALEXANDER BICKENBACH MANUEL BICKENBACH DIRECTED BY SVEN TADDICKEN

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DIRECTORSven Taddicken

Sven Taddicken studied directing at the Baden-Württemburg Film Academy and was nominated for the Academy Awards for his short fi lm COUNTING SHEEP (1999). His feature debut GETTING MY BROTHER LAID (2001) premiered in offi cial competition at the Rotterdam Film Festival and received the Critics Award. His second feature EMMA’S BLISS (2006) premiered at the San Sebastian IFF and won numerous awards including ‘best screenplay’ (Hamptons IFF, 2006) and ‘audience award’ (Sevilla IFF, 2006). His third feature 12 PACES WITHOUT A HEAD (2009) about the legendary German high-sea pirate Klaus Störtebeker was released by Warner Bros Germany and premiered at the Shanghai IFF (2010). ORIGINAL BLISS (2016) is Sven’s 4th feature fi lm as a director.

SYNOPSIS

Desperately trapped in a failing marriage, Helene Brindel fi nally loses all hope when she feels she has been abandoned by God as well. Reaching out, she sees the key to her liberation in the form of the celebrated psychologist Eduard E. Gluck. But the charismatic Gluck is having to fi ght demons of his own. Only when he and Helene encounter one another, these two apparently complete opposites fi nd themselves drawn irresistibly together. Hesitantly at fi rst, the one moves closer to the other - and both give themselves over to a world in which love is likewise a test and a promise.

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Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Tukur, Johannes KrischSven TaddickenFrisbeefi lms Saarländischer Rundfunk, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Arte, Cine Plus Filmproduktion, Senator Film, SkyDrama102 min.GermanyGerman

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