©IT WORKS!
Documentary | 2020-2021 | rbb [de] | Docu | Germany
Main data
| Director | Annekatrin Hendel |
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| Written by | Annekatrin Hendel, Jörg Hauschild (co-writer) |
| Production | It Works! Medien GmbH [de] |
| Distributor | It Works! Medien GmbH [de] |
Shooting data
| Filming regions | Germany - Brandenburg |
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Project data
| Length of movie | 82 min |
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Brief synopsis
What could be more contagious than the mysterious virus? Humor of course!
As the novel coronavirus outbreak is starting to spread across the globe, upending life as we knew it, director Annekatrin Hendel starts filming. This time, she points the camera at herself, toward the microcosmos of her own home.
One family in strict, sudden lockdown and self-isolation. Life in times of Corona doesn´t seem so bad at first: every day is Sunday, no school, no seminars, ne rehearsals, no shoots, no deadlines... This new family unit, assembled by fate, is now the center of the universe. This home, this little land in the Berlin suburbs, is now a film set.
During this time of withdrawal from the drug that is full-time preoccupation, many worlds collide: we witness the clash of young and old, Bavarians and Prussians, east and west, hope and nihilism, progress and stagnancy. It takes some serious patch“work“ to co-exist in this forced community.
While the pandemic becomes more and more serious, BANISHED TO PARADISE offers a self-deprecating and heartwarming reminder to all of us that family is bigger than Corona.
Everybody’s imperfections, trivialities, apparent necessities and unnecessities, disagreements, and the quickly approaching flora and fauna all become part of the story. BANISHED TO PARADISE is more cheerful than many comedies, more moving than many dramas. It’s a snapshot of Germany’s first lockdown.
The story of one family during the spring of 2020. A story like many other stories, and one small piece of the puzzle that is our crazy lifetime.
As the novel coronavirus outbreak is starting to spread across the globe, upending life as we knew it, director Annekatrin Hendel starts filming. This time, she points the camera at herself, toward the microcosmos of her own home.
One family in strict, sudden lockdown and self-isolation. Life in times of Corona doesn´t seem so bad at first: every day is Sunday, no school, no seminars, ne rehearsals, no shoots, no deadlines... This new family unit, assembled by fate, is now the center of the universe. This home, this little land in the Berlin suburbs, is now a film set.
During this time of withdrawal from the drug that is full-time preoccupation, many worlds collide: we witness the clash of young and old, Bavarians and Prussians, east and west, hope and nihilism, progress and stagnancy. It takes some serious patch“work“ to co-exist in this forced community.
While the pandemic becomes more and more serious, BANISHED TO PARADISE offers a self-deprecating and heartwarming reminder to all of us that family is bigger than Corona.
Everybody’s imperfections, trivialities, apparent necessities and unnecessities, disagreements, and the quickly approaching flora and fauna all become part of the story. BANISHED TO PARADISE is more cheerful than many comedies, more moving than many dramas. It’s a snapshot of Germany’s first lockdown.
The story of one family during the spring of 2020. A story like many other stories, and one small piece of the puzzle that is our crazy lifetime.