The Enduring Beauty of “Persepolis”
This powerful story shines with poetic animation, an exploration of deeper truths, and the protagonist's complex search for identity.
Promising the Moon
Throughout her life Marga has shown little feeling for her daughter Sofia. But now she reveals fear, wounds and a deep longing for her long-deceased husband Juris. She becomes increasingly lost in her forgetfulness and suddenly demands, like a child, gentleness. It’s an uncomfortable situation for Sofia who must now take care of her mother. Sofia’s growing realization that Marga’s past also affects her own gives Sofia impetus to make a sudden journey with her mother to Riga. This is where Marga grew up and where she married Juris. But the more Sofia learns about her mothers, the less clear it becomes who she herself is.
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Throughout her life Marga has shown little feeling for her daughter Sofia. But now she reveals fear, wounds and a deep longing for her long-deceased husband Juris. She becomes increasingly lost in her forgetfulness and suddenly demands, like a child, gentleness. It’s an uncomfortable situation for Sofia who must now take care of her mother. Sofia’s growing realization that Marga’s past also affects her own gives Sofia impetus to make a sudden journey with her mother to Riga. This is where Marga grew up and where she married Juris. But the more Sofia learns about her mothers, the less clear it becomes who she herself is.
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Josephin von Thayenthal, Robert Thayenthal
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Runtime:99 minutes
Studio:d.i.e. Film GmbH, ARD, SamFilm
Cast
Hans Steinbichler
Director
Hannelore Elsner
Marga Baumanis
Juliane Köhler
Sofia Schleier
Karoline Herfurth
Young Marga Baumanis
Niklas Kohrt
Juris Baumanis
David Kross
Young Osvalds Kalnins
Rüdiger Vogler
Osvalds Kalnins
Matthias Brandt
Lorenz Schleier
Juta Vanaga
Young Ieva Lepere
Dace Eversa
Ieva Lepere
Victoria Trauttmansdorff
Dr. Brandt
Maria Popistașu
Dace Kalnins
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