MOVIES - FICTION
FRAULEIN
by Andrea Staka
Ruža left Belgrade for Switzerland as a young woman full of hope for a new and better life. Twentyfive years later she appears to have achieved everything: She owns a canteen in Zurich, which she manages with a firm grip and financial success. Ruža values her meticulously structured daily routine, both in her professional and private life.
Ružas's orderly world shifts when 22 year-old Ana from Sarajevo enters the scene. She feels threatened by Ana's direct and impulsive manner while she is intrigued by her thirst for life at the same time .
Slowly a friendship develops between these two strong-willed women. However, a certain distance between them remains: Ruža's afraid to open herself up completely, and Ana has a secret that she does not dare to face herself.
Credits
Year: 2006
Country: CH
Running Time: 81 Min.
Director: Andrea Staka
Author: Andrea Staka, Barbara Albert
Co-Author: Barbara Albert
Producer: Susann Rüdlinger, Samir
Executive Producer: Susann Rüdlinger
Co-Producer: Quinte Film Freiburg, ZDF Das kleine Fernsehspiel, Fermsehspiel, SF 1 , Schweizer Fernsehen
Camera: Igor Martinovic
Editor: Gion-Reto Killias
Sound: Max Vornehm
Music: Peter von Siebenthal, Till Wyler, Daniel Jakob
Gaffer: David Satz
Costumes: Regula Marthaler
Make-up: Simone Pfluger
Set Designer: Su Erdt
Production Manager: Sascha Schwill
Production Assistant: Thao Duong/Anja Sosic
Cast: Mirjana Karanovic, Marija Skaricic, Ljubica Jovic, Andrea Zogg, Pablo Aguilar, Kenneth Huber, Zdenko Jelcic, Tiziana Jelmini, Annette Wunsch, David Imhof , Sebastian Krähenbühl
Awards Pardo d'oro, International Film Festival Locarno 2006
Best Film and Best Actrice (Marija Skaricic), Heart of Sarajevo 2006
Zürcher Filmpreis 2006
FIPRESCI Prize, Valladolid Film Festival, 2006
Bestes Drehbuch, Schweizer Filmpreis, 2007
Auszeichnung der Jury, Milano Sguardi Altrove Festival 2007
Goldenes Seepferd, Batumi International Film Festival 2007
Festivals International Film Festival Locarno, 2006
Rotterdam Film Festival, 2007
International Film Festival Valladolid, 2006
Sarajevo Film Festival, 2006
Festival du Film Montréal, 2006
London International Film Festival, 2006
Tribeca Film Festival New York, 2007
Athens International Film Festival, 2006
Umea International Film Festival, 2006
Filmtage Hof, 2006
Filmfest Lünen, 2006
Braunschweig IFF, 2006
Zagreb International Film Festival, 2006
Solothurner Filmtage, 2007
Camerimage Lodz, 2006
Istanbul Film Festival, 2007
Cleveland International Film Festival, 2007
Prague International Film Festival, 2007
Guadalajara International Film Festival, 2007
Hong Kong International Film Festival, 2007
Vilnius Film Festival, 2007
Go East Film Festival Wiesbaden, 2007
Buenos Aires Film Festival, 2007
Genova Film Festival, 2007
Osaka Film Festival, 2007
Setubal Film Festival Festroia, 2007
IFF Artfilm Slovakia, 2007
European Film Award, 2007
Undine Award Wien, 2007
Rio International Film Festival, 2007
Internationales Film Festival Würzburg, 2008
Lasi Film Festival, 2008
International Film Festival Shanghai, 2008
Dhaka Film Festival, 2009
MHRFF Montréal, 2010
44. Festival de Cinéma de Douarnenez, 2022
