El carro azul
After his grandmother’s death Hansel returns to Cuba from San Francisco to look after his disabled brother, Marcos. The brothers have drifted apart. Marcos misses his grandmother and refuses to accept that she has died. She was the only one he trusted, the only one to look after him so patiently, and to teach him so much about the world, time, humans and animals. At first Marcos sees Hansel as an intruder in his world. He spends most of his time on the balcony looking up and down the street and playing a game he always used to play with his grandmother: waiting for an orange car. Hansel tries to approach his brother, albeit somewhat awkwardly. He begins to play the game with him, in his own way – hoping to regain his brother’s trust.
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Runtime
20' min -
Country
Germany -
Year of Presentation
2014 -
Year of Production
2014 -
Director
Valerie Heine -
Cast
Miriam Soccarás, Marcos Costa, Carlos Riverón -
Production Company
KHM Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln -
Berlinale Section
perspective german cinema -
Berlinale Category
Short Film
pictures from the movie
Biography Valerie Heine
Born in Berlin in 1985, she studied philosophy and art history at Freie Universität Berlin and then attended the SF Art & Film Workshop during her studies at San Francisco City College before receiving a scholarship from Berkeley Digital Film Institute. After switching to the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne, she attended the International Film and Television School of San Antonio de los Baños in Cuba as part of an exchange programme where she made her second film, EL CARRO AZUL.
Filmography Valerie Heine
2011 Frühlingsabend | 2011 Melencolia | 2013 One Night Fall | 2014 El carro azul