Former martial artist Sarah leaves Austria to train three sisters from a wealthy family in the Middle East. What sounds initially like a dream job soon becomes unsettling: the young women are cut off from the outside world and under constant surveillance. Sport doesn’t seem to interest them. So why has Sarah been hired?
With Florentina Holzinger, Andria Tayeh, Celina Antwan, Nagham Abu Baker | Cinematography: Klemens Hufnagl | Editor: Roland Stöttinger | Set Design: Julia Libiseller | Casting: Ulrike Putzer | Costume: Carola Pizzini | Sound: David Almeida-Ribeiro | Colors: Andi Winter | Re-Recording Mixer: Luise Hofmann, Frederik Thomsen | Supervising Sound Designer: Matz Müller | Production Manager: Steven Swirko | Line Producer: Bruno Wagner | Creative Producer: Susanne Marian | Associate Producer: Veronika Franz | Producer: Ulrich Seidl | Written and directed by Kurdwin Ayub
With the support of the Austrian Film Institute, Filmfonds Vienna | In collaboration with ORF Film/Fernseh-Abkommen | In coproduction with ZDF/ARTE and ZDF/Das kleine Fernsehspiel | In collaboration with Essential Films
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Awards
"SPECIAL JURY PRIZE - CITIES OF ASCONA AND LOSONE", "EUROPA CINEMAS LABEL PRIZE", "BOCCALINO D'ORO PRIZE of the Independent Film Critics", "SPECIAL MENTION from the Ecumenical Jury", 77th Locarno Film Festival 2024
"BEST FILM AT THE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION", VII Festival Cine por Mujeres 2024
"BEST ACTRESS AWARD", 17th Eurasian International Film Festival 2024
Festivals
World premiere: 77th Locarno Film Festival 2024 (Concorso Internazionale)
Sarajevo Film Festival 2024
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