It begins with a chance encounter between Ro and Ju on a film set. A conventional love film? The characters not only change bodies, identities and desires over seven countries. They struggle with perceptions of themselves and others, fail because of bad scripts, a lack of visas, social expectations or their own demands. The film shows that love is both individual and universal at the same time. It shows diversity in action and not only dispels prejudices about gender relations and sexism in different corners of the world, but also touches on topical issues such as the war in Ukraine. The film is an ode to love and a declaration of love to filmmaking. Film sets, the madness and confusion of film production and the excitement before the premiere are also themes of the film.
Patrick Merz, Nada Charakaoui, Humad Nisar, David Ndahiriwe, Irene C. Matamala, Linda Verweyen, Henning Wötzel-Herber
Director
Anna Sinkemat
Ronja
Patience Amankwah
Jules (de)
Linda Verweyen
Rena
Alina Dubovska
Rostislava
Klaas Johann Lewerenz
Julius
Natalia Dorysheva
Re
Bahali Ruth
Rosalie
Shema Oliver
Juhi
Mohammad Eliraqui
Mukunzi
Sacha Jean Gérard Foucaud-Tournadre
Jules (fr)
Thomas Arnaud
Romain
All in all, 47 Meters Down: Uncaged is a film I would recommend. It promotes the bond of sisterhood, which in this case is clearly thicker than blood, as well as courage. No one truly knows how strong they are until they go through something unimaginable and come out changed for the better.
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