Die Brautentführung

Deutschland 2021/2022 Kurz-Spielfilm

Summary

The Kidnapping of the Bride

For Luisa, who comes from Buenos Aires, and Fred, who is from Brandenburg, it goes without saying that they do not adhere to fixed gender roles in their partnership. This inquisitive and open-minded couple regularly calls into question all kinds of normative social rituals. However, when their parents meet at their wedding, the happy couple find themselves up against all manner of clichés and expectations – in a big way. The choice of a wedding dress and the place where they have decided to live are by no means the only points of contention. The strange tradition of "kidnapping the bride" also threatens to unbalance the equality of their partnership. This ritual involving role play and Brandenburg police officers has particularly unpleasant connotations for Argentinian bride Luisa.

Made at Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf, Sophia Mocorrea’s mid-length study of behavioural patterns has a roving camera that stays close to her protagonists to examine tensions between tradition, equality and intimacy.

Source: 73. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)

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Credits

All Credits

Shoot

    • 12.06.2021 - 22.06.2021: Stahnsdorf, Wandlitz, Berlin
Duration:
31 min
Format:
DCP, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 10.10.2023, 248994, ab 6 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (US): 23.01.2023, Park City, Sundance Film Festival;
Erstaufführung (DE): 21.02.2023, Berlin, IFF - Perspektive Deutsches Kino

Titles

  • Weiterer Titel (eng) The Kidnapping of the Bride
  • Originaltitel (DE) Die Brautentführung
  • Weiterer Titel El secuestro de la novia
  • Arbeitstitel (DE) Brautraub
  • Weiterer Titel Die Brautentführung - El secuestro de la novia

Versions

Original

Duration:
31 min
Format:
DCP, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 10.10.2023, 248994, ab 6 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (US): 23.01.2023, Park City, Sundance Film Festival;
Erstaufführung (DE): 21.02.2023, Berlin, IFF - Perspektive Deutsches Kino

Awards

FBW 2023
  • Prädikat: besonders wertvoll
IFF Berlin 2023
  • Lobende Erwähnung, Kompass-Perspektive-Preis
Sundance Film Festival 2023
  • Short Film Jury Award, International Fiction presented by Shutterstock