Traveling on One Leg
Synopsis
In Romania, during the communist regime in 1985, thirty-year-old Irene falls deeply in love with a German man named Franz. They share a brief and intense love affair. When Franz leaves Romania, Irene decides to follow him to Berlin so they can stay together. After arriving here, Irene slowly realizes that Franz no longer wants to be with him. She finds herself cast into a spiral of melancholy and nostalgia about her lost love and her country.
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- Executive Producer : Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains
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- Screenwriter : Alexandru Petru Bădeliţă
- Directors of Photography : Alexandru Petru Bădeliţă, Sylvain Briend
- Music Composers : Alexandru Petru Bădeliţă, Yann Leguay
- Assistant director : Ecaterina Drehluta
- Editor : Alexandru Petru Bădeliţă
- Sound Recordist : Alexandru Petru Bădeliţă
- Costume designer : Sonia Casandra Andreică
- Voice-overs : Judith Mauthe, Heiko Senst, Rüdiger Rudolph, Alexandru Petru Bădeliţă
- Production Manager : Jacky Lautem
- Sound editors : Alexandru Petru Bădeliţă, Yannick Delmaire, Aurélien Bianco
- Continuity supervisor : Sonia Casandra Andreică
- Special Effects : Alexandru Petru Bădeliţă
- Sound Mixer : Yannick Delmaire
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- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction, Experimental
- Sub-genre : Literary adaptation , Psychological drama
- Themes : Love, Emigration, Art
- Production language : Romanian, German
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2015
- Runtime : 50 min 40 seconds
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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Adapted from Traveling on One Leg by Herta Müller.
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