Sterne über uns

Deutschland 2018/2019 Spielfilm

Summary

Stars Above Us

When Melli is forced to move out of her apartment at short notice, the single mother and her nine-year-old son Ben find themselves without a roof over their heads. Melli's initial confidence that her new job as a flight attendant will help her quickly find a new apartment soon gives way to the bitter insight that homelessness is not just a temporary interlude in her otherwise reasonably regular life. And so what Melli had planned as a temporary solution becomes a permanent situation: living with Ben in a tent hidden in the forest. While these extreme conditions closely unite mother and son and Ben sees the whole thing as a big adventure, Melli is struggling under the burden of having to function in her job and at the same time keeping Ben's life on track as well as possible. In addition, she has to make sure no one finds out about her situation, as without a proper place of residence Melli runs the risk of losing custody of Ben. Thus, at some point she has to make a serious decision. 

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Credits

All Credits

Director

Screenplay

Director of photography

Colour grading

Still photography

Lighting design

Production design

Make-up artist

Costume design

Editing

Sound design

Audio mixing

Cast

Location manager

Original distributor

Shoot

    • 24.07.2018 - 28.08.2018: Köln und Umgebung
Duration:
102 min
Format:
DCP, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 07.10.2019, 193718, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 30.06.2019, München, Filmfest;
Kinostart (DE): 14.11.2019

Titles

  • Weiterer Titel (DE) Die Sterne über uns
  • Arbeitstitel (DE) Der Wald steht stumm
  • Arbeitstitel (EN) The Stars above
  • Originaltitel (DE) Sterne über uns
  • Weiterer Titel (EN) Stars Above Us

Versions

Original

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

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 07.10.2019, 193718, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 30.06.2019, München, Filmfest;
Kinostart (DE): 14.11.2019

Awards

Fernsehfilmfestival Baden-Baden 2020
  • Preis der Studierenden
  • Fernsehfilmpreis der Deutschen Akademie der Darstellenden
SI STAR - Filmpreis 2020
  • SI STAR Förderpreis, Außergewöhnliche Leistungen von Regisseurinnen
Biberacher Filmfestspiele 2019
  • Preis für den besten Debüt-Spielfilm, Lobende Erwähnung