Synopsis
Lippo is a complete loser. After 15 years of building up a betting shop with his boss, he suddenly gets fired. Dagmar works at a gas station and has no money. When she finds a gun in the trash, she plans a robbery. Karl is a car mechanic and sells water filters to make ends meet. Rizzo, a bearded loner, is unhappy about being different from the others… Four tragicomic characters and their quest for happiness. But after three car crashes and several mishaps, happiness seems like the last thing they can reach.
Technical Information
2015; Austria; Black comedy, Thriller; 80 minutes; DCP; 1:1.77 (16:9); 5.1 mix; Original Language: German; Subtitles: English
DIRECTOR
Thomas Woschitz
WRITER
Thomas Woschitz
D.O.P.
Enzo Brandner
EDITOR
Hannes Starz
CO-PRODUCER
Marie Tappero
PRODUCTION COMPANY
KGP Filmproduktion
PRODUCER
Gabriele Kranzelbinder
Dagmar
Valerie Pachner
Robert
Markus Schwärzer
Rizzo
Christian Zankl
Karl
Josef Smretschnig
Gandarm
Gerhard Kubelka
Lippo
Thomas Oraze
Susi
Ernestine Schmerlaib
THOMAS WOSCHITZ
Thomas Woschitz, born in 1968, studied at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Rome, under Lina Wertmüller. Woschitz has always experimented with different formats. His work includes several short films and music videos as well as video installations. Moreover, he has directed two music films in cooperation with the Austrian band Naked Lunch: “Sperrstunde – Closing Time“, which was well received by the critics and the audiences, and “Universalove“, an anthology film about six unrelated love stories from around the world that was screened at various international festivals. Woschitz has received the Austrian Short Film Award and the prestigious Max Ophüls Film Prize.
Selective Filmography
Feature Film
2008 Universalove
2005 Sperrstunde – Closing Time
Short
2004 Girls and Cars in a Colored New World
1995 Tascheninhalt und Nasenbluten
1987 Ein halber Tag
2015
Sep 11 – 19 (in competition)
SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Jun 13 – 21
Mar 18 – 22
DIAGONALE – FESTIVAL OF AUSTRIAN FILM
Mar 17 – 22
