I Want to Return Return Return

I Want To Return Return Return combines fictional and non-fictional elements to depict the neighbourhood Wrangelkiez in Berlin. The people portrayed tell their life stories. One woman came to the neighbourhood a decade ago to work in Berlin’s still unfinished Brandenburger Airport, one man reminisces his childhood on a Tobacco farm in Kentucky, another speaks of an exceptional day in an otherwise monotonous workplace. These portraits are interwoven with the story of Elpi, a Greek woman who is waiting for the long overdue visit of an old important friend. The outcome of this mixture is a film which captures the lives and perspectives of some of Wrangelkiez’s most commanding citizens, while at the same time evoking the loss that change and time passing means for places and for people.

Credits

Cast:

Elpiniki Saranti

Maria Kalach

Ramses Komuro Boubaker

Robert Hamill

Stefan Keuneke

Katarzyna Pacura

Ellen Edmar

Angelika Mertens

Script:

Elsa Rosengren

Camera:

Giulia Schelhas

Editing:

Esteban Álfaro

Elsa Rosengren

Producer:

Margarita Amineva

Sound:

Frank Behnke

Art Direction:

Tatiana Bastos

Film info

Direction:

Elsa Rosengren

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2020

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

DCP

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,66

Sound format:

5.1 Dolby Surround

Language:

English/German/Schwedish/Wolof, english subtitles

Version:

OV

Runtime:

30 min