DIE EINSIEDLER

THE EREMITES

Albert grew up on an isolated mountain farm in the middle of nowhere in the Alps. Although he’s already in his 30s, his omnipresent mother Marianne still pulls the strings in his life. Not intentionally and only because of his mother’s pressure, Albert went to live in the nearby valley to make his living in a marble quarry. Marianne wants to protect him from the poor and lonesome life on the mountain and is even willing to denounce their bonds to the tradition of the farm which has existed over centuries. Like an abandoned animal that keeps coming back to its territory, the introverted farmer’s son keeps sneaking back to the mountain as often as possible. When his father dies accidently, Marianne fears that Albert will take over the role of his father and return to the farm. Instead, she decides to hide the death from Albert and the outside world – and buries his corpse on the mountain.

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RONNY TROCKER was born in Bolzano/Italy and studied at the Universidad del Cine in Argentina and Le Fresnoy in France. His films include: GLI IMMACOLATI (short, 2013), ESTATE (short, 2016), and THE EREMITES (2016).

Ronny Trocker
Ronny Trocker
photos © Klemens Hufnagl
  • Genre
    Drama
  • CATEGORY
    Feature
  • YEAR OF PRODUCTION
    2017
  • DIRECTOR
    Ronny Trocker
  • SCREENPLAY
    Ronny Trocker, Rolando Grumt-Suárez
  • CINEMATOGRAPHY
    Klemens Hufnagl
  • CAST
    Andreas Lust, Ingrid Burkhard, Orsi Tóth
  • PRODUCERS
    Susanne Mann, Paul Zischler
  • CO-PRODUCERS
    Karin C. Berger, Arash T. Riahi
  • PRODUCTION COMPANY
    Zischlermann Filmproduktion, in co-production with Golden Girls
  • RUNTIME
    110 min
  • LANGUAGE
    German
  • FESTIVALS
    Venice 2016, Hamburg 2016, Zurich 2016, Thessaloniki 2016, CPH PIX 2016, Rotterdam 2017, Saas Fee 2017, Nashville 2017, Hong Kong 2017, Film Festival della Lessinia 2017
  • AWARDS
    Critics Award Sass Fee 2017, Grand Jury Prize Nashville 2017, Best Film Lessinia 2017, Fünf Seen Filmpreis 2017
  • SALES
    CERCAMON
    sebastien@cercamon.biz
    www.cercamon.biz
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