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Point Of Departure

Spielfilm / feature film. Germany, 2005. 97 min. english subtitles (srt)
Three people wake up in a hotel bed together. They don’t know where or who they are and search for the solution to their mysterious encounter and for an exit. Different conceivable and inconceivable connections open up. One time they are in a thriller, another in a chamber play as by Sartre. Whenever they investigate something further, something new turns up leading them on to a new track. Whom does all that money in the mattress belong to? Who is the Alice Cooper lookalike they find beneath the bed? Why does he receive phonecalls from Hollywood? Are they really suddenly in Athens? What was that accident by the sea? Suddenly the unconscious person wakes up and surprisingly turns out to be a enigmatic, yet charming young lady. At this point, Claire, the young prostitute, Sarah, the older journalist, and the rich heir Pavel, have realised that they need to think differently about life than before. And when Sarah confesses her doing to Pavel, he realises – inevitably by chance – what his past means to his future … Not one of them leaves the room in the state they came in. Each of them has opened up a new perspective for themselves. Even the one who is already dead. With Klara Höfels, Luisa Buzasi, Henriette Heinze, Matthias Merkle, Mario Aperdannier, Manuel Edler & Adrian Scholz Buch & Regie: Matthias Merkle, Produktion & Dramaturgie: Antje Borchardt, Kamera & Licht: Jochen Nuss, Musik: elektroblitz mitte, Piano: Madalina Pasol Schnitt: Heinrich Bindschaedel, Regieassistenz: Adrian Scholz, Ton: Brian Krüger, Kostüme: Sascha Erdmann, Maske: Steffi Knoth, Kameraassistenz: David Schaufert, Lichtassistenz: David Reisler, Ausstattungsassistenz: Corinna Northe