


In a border town in southeastern Bulgaria, a woman becomes involved in an illegal trade to help out a man with whom she shares a special bond. Embarking on a perilous adventure in his stead, she ends up confronting both her own desires and her past.
Komplizen Film
in co-production with
Kazak Productions,
Miramar Film,
Panama Films,
Valeska Grisebach,
New Matter Films,
ARTE France Cinéma,
ZDF/ARTE
79th International Filmfestival de Cannes - Competition
79th International Filmfestival de Cannes - Competition
| Director, Writer | Valeska Grisebach |
| Co-Writer | Lisa Bierwirth |
Producer | Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski, Maren Ade |
Co-Producer | Jean Christophe Reymond, Lixi Frank, David Bohun, Valeska Grisebach, |
Commissioning | Holger Stern, |
DoP | Bernhard Keller |
Editor | Bettina Böhler |
Production Design | Sabina Christova |
Costume Design | Eka Bichinashvili |
Sound | Momchil Bozhkov |
Sounddesign | Atanas Tcholakov |
Mixing | Kai Tebbel |
Casting | Margarita Kudrina |
Yana Radeva, Syuleyman Halil Letifov, Stoicho Kostadinov, Nikolay Shekerdjiev, Denislava Yordanova


In a border town in southeastern Bulgaria, a woman becomes involved in an illegal trade to help out a man with whom she shares a special bond. Embarking on a perilous adventure in his stead, she ends up confronting both her own desires and her past.
Komplizen Film
in co-production with
Kazak Productions,
Miramar Film,
Panama Films,
Valeska Grisebach,
New Matter Films,
ARTE France Cinéma,
ZDF/ARTE
Der Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Filmförderungsanstalt, Deutscher Filmförderfonds, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Creative Europe MEDIA, Aide aux cinémas du monde, Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée, Institut français, Bulgarian National Film Center, Österreichisches Filminstitut und ÖFI+, Filmfonds Wien
| Director, Writer | Valeska Grisebach |
| Co-Writer | Lisa Bierwirth |
Producer | Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski, Maren Ade |
Co-Producer | Jean Christophe Reymond, Lixi Frank, David Bohun, Valeska Grisebach, |
Commissioning | Holger Stern, |
DoP | Bernhard Keller |
Editor | Bettina Böhler |
Production Design | Sabina Christova |
Costume Design | Eka Bichinashvili |
Sound | Momchil Bozhkov |
Sounddesign | Atanas Tcholakov |
Mixing | Kai Tebbel |
Casting | Margarita Kudrina |
Yana Radeva, Syuleyman Halil Letifov, Stoicho Kostadinov, Nikolay Shekerdjiev, Denislava Yordanova
79th International Filmfestival de Cannes - Competition