LUISA © Daniel Pilar

LUISA

Luisa recently moved out of her parents‘ house and is curious about what life has in store for her. She loves parties, is up for any fun and flirts. She lives in a residential group at a facility for people with disabilities on the outskirts of a small German town. Unnoticed, Luisa becomes increasingly silent, everyday life in the residential group continues until it is unexpectedly discovered that Luisa is pregnant. Sexual abuse is obviously suspected. Luisa decides to terminate the pregnancy. The police try to find out whether a crime has been committed. The investigation becomes a test of endurance for Luisa and all the staff at the residential facility.

photo © Daniel Pilar
  • Genre
    Drama, mixed cast of disabled and non-disabled actors
  • CATEGORY
    Feature
  • DIRECTOR
    Julia Roesler
  • SCREENPLAY
    Silke Merzhäuser, Julia Roesler
  • DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
    Frank Amann
  • CAST
    Celina Scharff, Katharina Bromka, Michael Schumacher, Melanie Lux, Josefine Großkinsky, Noa Michalski, Matthias Zalachowski, Lina Strothmann, Dennis Seidel, Trixi Strobel, Martin Schnippa, Hadi Khanjanpour, Tim Porath, Gina Calinoui, Bernd Hölscher, Sarah Hostettler, Eva Löbau, Peter Lohmeyer
  • PRODUCERS
    Silke Merzhäuser, Andrea Ufer, Gunter Hanfgarn, Julia Roesler, Insa Rudolph
  • PRODUCTION COMPANY
    werkgruppe2 filmproduktion and Hanfgarn & Ufer in co-production with ZDF
  • LANGUAGE
    German
  • GERMAN DISTRIBUTOR
    Real Fiction
  • CONTACT
    werkgruppe2, Silke Merzhäuser
    info@werkgruppe2.de
    www.werkgruppe2.de