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Sleepless Knights

Deutschland 2011/2012 Spielfilm

Carlos is spending the summer in the country with his family in order to help out with things. Perhaps he won’t even be returning to the capital, as economic prospects are hardly rosy there either. Extremadura on the other hand, sparsely populated and for a long time one of the most neglected regions in Europe, is experiencing a tentative upturn. Tourism and modernisation rub shoulders with almost archaic customs and a conservative, mostly elderly population here.
"Sleepless Knights" depicts all this in casual, unobtrusive fashion, in images that have at times a truly otherworldly beauty. The central theme is the love story between the newly returned Carlos and the young policeman Juan. "You don’t look like you’re from here," remarks Juan when they meet. "I’m not from here," replies Carlos, "I live in Madrid." Whether to be from here or elsewhere is a decision that many here have to make. Extremadura, Madrid, maybe even Munich? This uncertainty suffuses their love story with a peculiar sense of tension before the backdrop of a seemingly relaxed, uneventful summer. It is only the old men striding through the austere landscape in their strange knight costumes who remain blissfully untroubled.

Source: 62. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)

Credits

Director

  • Stefan Butzmühlen
  • Cristina Diz

Screenplay

  • Stefan Butzmühlen
  • Cristina Diz

Director of photography

  • Stefan Neuberger

Editing

  • Stefan Butzmühlen
  • Cristina Diz

Music

  • Nikolaus Feinig
  • Johannes Weißschnur

Cast

  • Raúl Godoy
    Carlos
  • Jaime Pedruelo
    Juan
  • Ángel Muñoz Ruiz
    Vater
  • Pepa Durán Sánchez
    Mutter
  • David Ruiz Miranda
    Bruder
  • Alícia Muñoz Núñez
    Schwester
  • Antonia García Mora
    Juana
  • Isabel Sánchez Pérez
    Manoli

Production company

  • Salzgeber & Co. Medien GmbH (Berlin)

Producer

  • Björn Koll

Alle Credits

Director

  • Stefan Butzmühlen
  • Cristina Diz

Screenplay

  • Stefan Butzmühlen
  • Cristina Diz

Script editor

  • Jan Künemund (Beratung)

Director of photography

  • Stefan Neuberger

Production design

  • Pau Masaló
  • Laila Rosato

Costume design

  • Pau Masaló
  • Laila Rosato

Editing

  • Stefan Butzmühlen
  • Cristina Diz

Sound

  • Jonathan Schorr

Audio mixing

  • Jonathan Schorr

Music

  • Nikolaus Feinig
  • Johannes Weißschnur

Cast

  • Raúl Godoy
    Carlos
  • Jaime Pedruelo
    Juan
  • Ángel Muñoz Ruiz
    Vater
  • Pepa Durán Sánchez
    Mutter
  • David Ruiz Miranda
    Bruder
  • Alícia Muñoz Núñez
    Schwester
  • Antonia García Mora
    Juana
  • Isabel Sánchez Pérez
    Manoli

Production company

  • Salzgeber & Co. Medien GmbH (Berlin)

Producer

  • Björn Koll

Co-Producer

  • Stefan Butzmühlen
  • Cristina Diz

Production manager

  • Bianca Wiedersich

Original distributor

  • Salzgeber & Co. Medien GmbH (Berlin)

Shoot

    • 2011: Extremadura, Spanien
Duration:
85 min
Format:
16:9
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby
Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 14.02.2012, Berlin, IFF - Forum;
Kinostart (DE): 17.01.2013

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Sleepless Knights

Versions

Original

Duration:
85 min
Format:
16:9
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby
Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 14.02.2012, Berlin, IFF - Forum;
Kinostart (DE): 17.01.2013

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