Valerie

Right before Christmas the once successful model VALERIE (29) ends up in her home town Berlin. She still has a room in the exclusive Hotel Hyatt, but actually she’s completely broke and without any prospects. Valerie is unable to deal with the new situation. She doesn’t tell her friend ISA the truth, she neither tells the BOSS of her agency, nor her rich benefactor ISENBERG about her dire situation. When Valerie has to leave her hotel room, she doesn’t even have enough money to pay the fee for the parking lot in the basement garage. From that point on, she spends the nights in her car and lives like a stowaway in the world of the rich and beautiful. Desperate she tries to get close to JARO (38), a successful and well known photgrapher, who once again takes pictures of her for free, but is not willing to take care of her. Although they once had an affair, Jaro now has a new almost ten year younger lover: WANJA. On Christmas Eve Valerie is stranded in a seedy bar, when she meets the run-down woman CHARLOTTE (40). She flirts with some men who pay for her drinks. Valerie doesn’t have even one cent in her pocket anymore. Completely drunk she is unable of finding her car in the basement garage. The young parking lot guard ANDRÉ (32) saves her … Valerie strandet am Weihnachtsabend in einer einfachen Bar, wo sie die etwas heruntergekommene CHARLOTTE (40) kennen lernt. Mit ihr flirtet sie ein paar Männer an und lässt sich zu Drinks einladen, denn Valerie hat mittlerweile keinen Cent mehr im Portemonnaie. Völlig betrunken findet sie ihren Wagen in der Tiefgarage nicht mehr. Der junge Tiefgaragenwärter ANDRE (32) hilft ihr...

Credits

Cast:

Agata Buzek

Devid Striesow

Birol Ünel

Ricarda Meßner

Anne Sarah Hartung

Sabine Vitua

Miriam Sachs

Jevgenij Sitochin

Guntbert Warns

Script:

Ruth Rehmet

Ilja Haller

Milena Baisch

Birgit Möller

Elke Sudmann

Camera:

Kolja Raschke

Editing:

Piet Schmelz

Producer:

Susann Schimk

Jörg Trentmann

Sound:

Juri von Krause

Music:

Christian Conrad

Film info

Direction:

Birgit Möller

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Credofilm

ZDF - Das kleine Fernsehspiel

Production:

2006

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

Dolby SR

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

90