Sentimental Stories
A girl waits for her boyfriend, a worker in the harbour. In the locker room a worker confides in his colleague about his unhappy marriage. But there's more to their relationship than advice giving. At the end of his shift a young man takes a shower in the washroom of the port and hurries to meet his girlfriend in the cantine. It's his last day on the job. One moment they seem hopeful and in love, the next she’s being ghosted. Baffled, she goes looking for him in the port. Violetta, the owner of the cantine is a hard worker nostalgic of a life she never had. She employs her niece, a radical pacifist whose life strategy is to lay low. Intersecting, their stories create a parallax view of heartbreak and desire, disappointment and hope.
Credits
Cast:
Artemis Chalkidou
Estelle Widmaier
Jesus Fernandez de Castro
Grego Belau
Leo Da Silva
Ezra Luke
Marie Tragousti
Script:
Xandra Popescu
Camera:
Jonathan Steil
Editing:
Xandra Popescu
Lorna Höffler Steffen
Producer:
Janna Fodor
Sabrina Holzapfel
Grading:
Meg Tomeo
Film info
Direction:
Xandra Popescu
Genre:
Kurzfilm
Country of production:
Deutschland
Production Company:
Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin
Production:
2023
Shooting format:
Digital
Screening format:
1:1,85
Frame rate:
24 fps
Aspect ratio:
1:1,85
Sound format:
Dolby 5.1
Language:
Spanish, French, German and Greek
Version:
OmU
Runtime:
20 min