Behind the Door

Berlin, 1991. Alex is celebrating his sixth birthday. The actual roles that Alex’s parents and other grown-ups in the family play will be discovered by the child, hiding behind doors. This will have a personal meaning to him, which at that moment he is not able to understand at all. This will end up being his own secret. The child will grow up, and his reaction to that secret will flourish many years later. With Julia, his best friend; Alex will confrontate many condratictory thoughts and feelings. This will be, not only for him, something extremely awkward and destructive.

Credits

Cast:

Bozidar Kocevski

Alexander Gallegos Baller

Janet Rothe

Hans Hendrik Trost

Ágnes Krasznahorkai

Florian Hetz

Script:

Oswaldo Diaz Medina

Sadek Asseily

Camera:

Richard Marx

Producer:

Thomas Karsunke

Stephan Neidert

Editing:

Oswaldo Diaz Medina

Sound:

Stanislav Danylyshyn

Music:

SAGARDÍA

Film info

Direction:

Oswaldo Diaz Medina

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2012

Shooting format:

Red One

Screening format:

1:2,35

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:2,35

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

German

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

44