GABI

An uneasy emptiness is overshadowing tile-layer Gabi’s life. Her husband is cheating on her, but she does not even mind. Her sister is pregnant and stressed out. Instead of recognizing Gabi’s conundrum she increasingly shifts responsibilities on to Gabi. Ultimately, Gabi even has to take in her senile dad after his retirement home becomes uninhabitable. The only person paying attention to her is her apprentice Marco. He sees her. He talks to her. Almost exaggeratedly. Marco, too, has problems. He is not capable of separating from his unfaithful girlfriend. Therefore, he is practicing breaking up with her: with Gabi in the role of his girlfriend. This role play induces an emotional mix, ranging from tantrums to affection, during which the lines between reality and acting begin to blur…

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Director

MICHAEL FETTER NATHANSKY was born in 1993 in Cologne and studies at the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF. His films include: DIE EINTAGSFLIEGE (mockumentary, 2014), CHEWBACCERL (short doc, 2015), PITTER (short, 2016), and GABI (short, 2017).

Michael Fetter Nathansky (photo © Sophie Linnenbaum) photos © Clara Rosenthal