Grand Jeté
Nadja's body is broken. Her toes are bleeding and she has eczema on her neck that looks like bruises. All the hard work she has put in as a ballerina is making itself felt and nowadays she spends her time teaching young girls how to dance. She was still a girl herself when she had a son, Mario, whom she left with her mother. Mario spends his time training his body every day at the gym. He has not seen his mother for a very long time. It is said that Nadja does not have a motherly bone in her body. But then, one day, she turns up on his doorstep, wanting to take an interest in her son. When she sees his body, she wants to touch him. And does so, more and more often.
There are no limits in Isabelle Stever's new film. Nor are there any taboos. She does not judge, either. Just a mother and a son who gradually become closer, physically. Sarah Nevada Grether and Emil von Schönfels dare to do something that few actors are asked to do, and is seldom shown. Capturing their bodies in the half-light, out of focus, from above, and behind, the camera finds a visual language of disturbing semantics. Everything about this film is uncompromising and radical. Everything is an exception. And, in the end, what remains is the body of a mother.
Source: 72. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)
Credits
Director
Screenplay
Director of photography
Editing
Cast
- Nadja
- Mario
- Hanne
- Nadjas Freund Daniel
- Annegret
- Ballettschülerin
- Hermann
- Doris
- Rezeptionistin
- Conférencier
Production company
Alle Credits
Director
Assistant director
Script supervisor
Screenplay
based on
Director of photography
Assistant camera
Lighting design
Production design
Set design
Property master
Stand-by props
Make-up artist
Editing
Assistant editor
Sound editor
Sound design
Sound
Cast
- Nadja
- Mario
- Hanne
- Nadjas Freund Daniel
- Annegret
- Ballettschülerin
- Hermann
- Doris
- Rezeptionistin
- Conférencier
- Geburtshelferin
- Andrea
Production company
in co-production with
Co-Producer
Producer (TV)
Unit production manager
Location manager
Production assistant
Production coordinator
Original distributor
Shoot
- 08.09.2020 - 04.11.2020: Berlin und Eberswalde
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 23.05.2022, 213546, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei
Uraufführung (DE): 11.02.2022, Berlin, IFF - Panorama;
Kinostart (DE): 11.08.2022
Titles
- Originaltitel (DE) Grand Jeté
Versions
Original
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 23.05.2022, 213546, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei
Uraufführung (DE): 11.02.2022, Berlin, IFF - Panorama;
Kinostart (DE): 11.08.2022