When Ella, the rich daughter of a corrupt banker, escapes from her arranged wedding and hides in the trunk of a Bentley,she meets Richie, a small town crook who has just stolen the Bentley. Together they stage her disappearance as a kidnappingin order to get as much money as possible from her parents.
Andreas Schmied
Director
Miriam Fussenegger
Ella Lannau
Alexander Stecher
Public Prosecutor
Ulrike Beimpold
Erika
Otto Jaus
Richie Javotnik
Patrick Seletzky
Inspector Fichtl
Clemens Berndorff
Jörgi Schalupnig
Theresa Martini
Journalistin
Monica Reyes
Dagmar Landau
Angelika Strahser
Birgit Schalupnig
August Zirner
Vater
Mathilde Graf
Christine König
Guillermo del Toro highlights a touch of innocence in the Gothic classic. The journey of Victor Frankenstein defying death gained inspiration from the Eastern energy system that is named ‘Qi’ and the lymphatic system being studied by Muslim scholars.
Alongside A Drowning Man, I Signed The Petition, 3 Logical Exits, and A World Not Ours, A Man Returned continues to paint a realistic portrait of the Refugee Crisis that eschews the Western gaze and stereotype. These are real portraits painted by a director with lived experience, cultural connection and an amazing eye for visuals.
On the Road captures the bleak, hyper-masculine world of long-haul trucking in Northern Mexico, where anything can and will happen. A hard-boiled, neon-noir romantic thriller, it shows the gritty reality of roadside diners, truck stops, and truck cemeteries alongside the expansive, breathless beauty of the Mexican desert highways.
Asha, the main character, is a biracial woman who discovers the power of magic wishing dust.