Official Program Berlinale 2016

24 WOCHEN

24 WEEKS

The stage lights, the applause — Astrid loves being a cabaret per­former, and loves her tol­erant and supportive husband Markus. Every decision is taken together, and this one is no different: what will they do with the child that Astrid is carrying, now, six months into the pregnancy, that she learns it will be severely disabled? She and Marcus have a choice, but little time…

A strong nature with a witty answer to everything, Astrid now feels lost, on her own, impossible to continue her comedy routine. Ultimately only she who is bearing the child can take this weighty decision. What will she do? Who decides whether the child will have a life worth living?

Director

ANNE ZOHRA BERRACHED was born in Erfurt. After studying Social Education in Frankfurt, she worked as a theater pedagogue in London for two years. She also worked as an assistant director in Berlin for the Hansatheater in the Theater Ballhaus Ost and on the film MUST LOVE DEATH by Andreas Schaap. After an internship as a production assistant for a television show, she shot her first short film, COMIC RELIEF. Since 2009, she has been studying Film Directing at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. Her films include: DOGS LIKE US (short, 2012), SAINT & WHORE (doc, 2012), TWO MOTHERS (2013), and 24 WEEKS (2016).

Poster 24 WEEKS
photos © Friede Clausz/zero one film
  • Berlinale 2016 (In Competition)

    Genre
    Drama
  • CATEGORY
    Feature
  • YEAR OF PRODUCTION
    2016
  • DIRECTOR
    Anne Zohra Berrached
  • SCREENPLAY
    Carl Gerber, Anne Zohra Berrached
  • CINEMATOGRAPHY
    Friede Clausz
  • CAST
    Julia Jentsch, Bjarne Mädel, Johanna Gastdorf, Emilia Pieske
  • PRODUCERS
    Thomas Kufus, Melanie Berke, Tobias Büchner
  • PRODUCTION COMPANY
    zero one film, in co-production with ZDF Das kleine Fernsehspiel, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
  • RUNTIME
    102 min
  • LANGUAGE
    German
  • Festivals
    Berlinale 2016 (In Competition)
  • Sales
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