Marie-Lou Sellem Movies
- 2006
A picturesque blonde beauty constructs an impenetrable emotional wall that neither her parents, her boyfriend, nor her colleague can penetrate in director Erica Von Moeller's psychologically scintillating entry into the 2007 Miami International Film Festival. Hannah (Nina Hoss) may appear perfect on the surface, but her inner demons are slowly consuming her. A photo laboratory developer who rarely ventures out of her well-fortified apartment, Hannah finds that her repressed memories are unexpectedly jogged by a series of old photographs. Though Hannah once dreamed of becoming a photographer, these days the act of taking pictures plunges her into an unstable mental state, and a customer's rush order sends her on a disturbing voyage into her troubled past. Now Hannah's memories have come flooding back in series of flashes that take the form of photographs, just as her pre-teen daughter, Maja -- who had been under the care of Hannah's parents -- receives a Polaroid camera as a birthday present. As Hannah and her daughter travel back to Maja's birthplace in Berlin, the photographs taken by the young innocent gradually help Hannah piece together her mysterious past while bringing her into contact with a man who had once meant the world to her. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Nina Hoss, Isabel Bongard, (more)
Preteens Sarah Hannemann and Nick Seidensticker co-star in the family-friendly German-language comedy Hilfe!. The two play Emma and Mickey, schoolmates who swap bodies, ala Vice Versa, Dream a Little Dream and Freaky Friday. Emma thus experiences life as a boy, and Mickey experiences life as a girl. After inevitable confusion and a series of madcap adventures, they must quickly figure out how to become themselves again. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
- Starring:
- Sarah Hannemann, Nick Seidensticker, (more)
- 1998
Mimmi is a 19-year-old who is about to take her final exams. She is a quiet girl and somewhat passive, who lives with her mother in an apartment on the edge of the town. During a school trip to France, she sleeps with a man. When she discovers that she is pregnant, she runs to Paris to look for the baby's father. Soon she is lost in the big city with no money and nowhere to go. Platze in Stadten is a psychological drama by a young female director who has a sensitive eye for the issues of women. Screened as part of the New German Films program of the 49th International Berlin Film Festival, 1999. ~ Gönül Dönmez-Colin, Rovi
- Starring:
- Sophie Aigner, Friederike Kammer, (more)
Winterschlaefer (Winter Sleepers) is the sophomore effort from German director Tom Tykwer, released a year before Lola Rennt (Run Lola Run) won him international acclaim for its unique look and storytelling methods. Winter Sleepers follows a blizzard-filled winter in the lives of a handful of mountain town denizens: Marco (Heino Ferch), a dashing ski instructor; Rebecca (Floriane Daniel), his receptionist girlfriend; Laura (Marie-Lou Sellem), a nurse who is Rebecca's roommate; and Rene (Ulrich Matthes), a mysterious stranger who takes up with Laura. Before meeting them, Rene has unknowingly set into motion a tragedy that will affect the others' lives. While driving on an icy road (in Marco's stolen car), he swerves into the path of a destitute farmer taking his horse to the doctor, flipping the farmer's vehicle and sending his own careening down a snowy hillside. Rene emerges from the wreck unharmed, forgetting what has happened due to an old war injury that has damaged his ability to make short-term memories. When the farmer, Theo (Josef Bierbichler), emerges later to find that his young daughter had stowed away in the truck, and has been left comatose by the accident, he determines to track down the other driver. Meanwhile, not long after beginning his affair with Laura, Rene triggers Marco's jealousy when it seems Rebecca has feelings for him, prompting several tempestuous exchanges. ~ Derek Armstrong, Rovi
- Starring:
- Ulrich Matthes, Marie-Lou Sellem, (more)
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