71SSIFF - 22/30 September 2023
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Downhill city

Hannu Salonen
Germany - Finland      99 m.
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The tragicomic experiences and seemingly casual encounters of six differnet characters in today's Berlin. looking beneath the glistening surface of the new capital, we find honourable underdogs, the proud and stubborn artists of life, whose personal pilgrimages weave a dense fabric of emotions and events. Living on the periphery of the forces creating the new metropolitan capital, they are consumed with finding and implementing minimalist strategies of survival, hoping, despite being confronted with a serious and daunting task, that they do not forget how to laugh. Artsi, Sascha, Fabian, Peggy, Hans and Doris try to live with their differing views on happiness and satisfaction. Their success is not a certainty, but neither is it out of the question. 

Director
Hannu Salonen
Screenplay
Hannu Salonen
Photography
Eska
Edition
Julia Oehring
Music
22 Pistepirkko
Cast
Franka Potente, Teemu Aromaa, Andreas Brucker, Michaela Rosen, Sebastian Rudolph, Axel Werner
Running Time
101 m.
Country
Germany - Finland
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