First Work of Mer­cy

Alpha has finally reached Europe. After a long and difficult journey, the young refugee, hungry and exhausted, glimpses a small village’s bell tower. A hope soon dashed. Alpha wanders through the rural village in search of help, but no one seems to see or hear him. His only company are the pangs of hunger and a cat...

Credits

Cast:

Benny Opoku-Arthur – Alpha

Adolfo Assor – Kurt

Susann Mertz – Manuela

Script:

Flavio Yuri Rigamonti

Marina Ghersinich

Camera:

Anselm Belser

Producer:

Marina Ghersinich

Produktionsleitung:

Mortimer-Gregor Cerny

Maske:

Michelle Mosler

Kostüm (Credit):

Tatiana Bastos

Emilia Patrignani

Kostümassistenz:

Sarah Claudia Seini

Szenenbild:

Tatiana Bastos

Szenenbildassistenz:

Philomena Köbele

Raina Todoroff

Sound:

Sven Jensen-Brakelmann

Licht:

Anna Ilin

Elias Fritz

Bühne:

Tarik Kocyilmaz

Produktionsassistenz:

Maximilian Rohde

Alejandro Tafur Fernandez

Regieassistenz:

Marina Ghersinich

Editing:

Flavio Yuri Rigamonti

Schnittassistenz:

Nina Chaib Cavalcanti

Tondesign:

Gregor Arnold

Tonmischung:

Alexandre Leser

Titeldesign:

Cedric Gottet

Herstellungsleitung:

Myriam Eichler

Film info

Direction:

Flavio Yuri Rigamonti

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Ger­many

Production Company:

DFFB in co-production with Deutsche Filmakademie Produktion (DFA) - Funded by German Federal Foreign Office

Production:

2020

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

DCP

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Language:

German and English with English and German subtitles

Version:

OV

Runtime:

11 min