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21st(2019)



The Chair's Game

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Lucia CHIARLA

  • Germany
  • 2018
  • Asian Premiere
  • 119min
  • DCP
  • color
  • Fiction

Asian Premiere

SYNOPSIS

Alice, 39 years old, single and unemployed, wants to be a freelance writer and telecommuting editor, but things always work out differently. She pretends to be calm to her family and friends, while she attends re-entry programs or fails repetitive job interviews. However, she becomes impatient as money gets tight. The Chair¡¯s Game is about the difficulties of being a job seeker. It is a comedy, which portrays a pathetic woman nearing 40. She dreams of an artistic and free work life, but she is overpowered by helplessness. The film poses a question regarding the value of life marginalized in a technological world, such as a video interview or online notification. Unlike her parents¡¯ generation living on their retirement pension, Alice¡¯s generation in big cities are in a state of chronic job insecurity. The Chair¡¯s Game is the first feature debut of Lucia CHIARLA, who worked as an actor and script writer. Especially, Eva LOEBAU, who gave an intense performance in Maren ADE¡¯s The Forest For The Tress(2003), performs impressively in the lead role. LOEBAU represents women young and old, through various expressions and reactions. She vividly portrays the generation whose moments of life are delayed, just like missing the last train. Although unlucky, optimist Alice wins in the chair¡¯s game, yet her fate is in neglect like a broken chair. [SONG Hyojoung]

Director

  • Lucia CHIARLALucia CHIARLA

    Lucia CHIARLA was born in Genoa (Italy) and took acting classes at the Performing Arts School Paolo Grassi in Milan. She also studied literature in the University of Genoa. She worked in Italy as an actress in theatre and movies. In 2005, she moved to Berlin with her son. Her first movie Bye Bye Berlusconi! (Author and Actress) was shown in the 2006 Berlinale. She acted in theater productions in Berlin and attended the Skript Academy, as well as wrote scripts and worked as dramaturge. With the movie Reise nach Jerusalem (The Chairs Game) she debuts as a movie director.

Credit

  • ProducerGiulio BARALDI, Claudine CASTAY, Lorenzo BARALDI
  • Cast Eva LÖBAU, Beniamino BROGI, Veronika NOWAK-JONES, Axel WERNER
  • Screenwriter Lucia CHIARLA
  • Cinematography Ralf NOACK
  • Art director Ana TICAK
  • Editor Aletta Von VIETINGHOFF
  • Music Tobias VETHAKE
  • Sound Dimitry PETROVSKI , Rico PRAUSS