SWEET DISASTER
ХОТЬ ПЛАЧЬ, ХОТЬ СМЕЙСЯ
director
MONA CATHLEEN OTTERBACH 
GERMANY, 2021
90'
90'
Film tells the story of Frida, German-Finnish, painting therapist and 40 year-old
Two events change the usual course of her life. She gets unexpectedly pregnant and Felix, the father of her child breaks up with her to re-unite with his ex who is suddenly back. Felix admits that it is not the best timing, however it does not prevent him from leaving. Frida cannot accept Felix’ decision. Although some serious health problems caused by the late pregnancy force her to rest, she tries to get Felix back with the help of absurd, exaggerated and sometimes absolutely comic actions.
| Script | RUTH TOMA |
|---|---|
| Camera | ANNE BOLICK |
| Design | MONA CATHLEEN OTTERBACH |
| Music | BORIS GOLTZ |
| Producer | MARKUS KAATSCH, NINA POSCHINSKI, MICHAEL GRUDSKY, CHRISTIAN BECKER, OLIVER SCHWABE, LAURA LEHMUS, EVA HABERMANN |
| Cast | FRIEDERIKE KEMPTER, LENA URZENDOWSKY, FLORIAN LUKAS, MAREILE BLENDL, LASSE MYHR, KATHARINA BEHRENS |
| Production | ZEITGEIST FILMPRODUKTION GMBH & CO. KG, ZDF/ARTE, FIELD RECORDINGS FILMPRODUKTION, LAURA LEHMUS, FANTOMFILM GMBH |
| World sales | MEDIA MOVE, justyna.koronkiewicz@mediamove.pl |
Others
director:
MONA CATHLEEN OTTERBACH
LAURA LEHMUS was born in Finland. Studied fine arts at F+F School in Zurich & audiovisual media at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne. After a long stopover in Berlin and Helsinki, in 2019 she finally settled in Düsseldorf from where she works as director, on-air producer and art director for film and TV. Her short “AlieNation” (2014) has won dozens awards such as the German Short Film Award and became one of the three most successful German short films in 2016. “Sweet Disaster” is her feature film debut.
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