THE SUN IS BURNING

Zou and Anselm are newly in love and enjoying a dreamy summer in Berlin. But when Anselm's old friend Gustav appears, the casual ease suddenly vanishes and reality breaks in on Zou. Is this even love, or just the fear of being alone? And so Zou, played by filmmaker Joséphine Demerliac, wanders dreamily, lost and bored through a society that seemingly does not hold all freedoms ready for her after all.

The antiheroine Zou, as well as the two other main characters, Anselm and Gustav, are the perfect prototypes of a generation. Dreamy, lost, and bored in a society of „freedom,” where globalization and the social media revolution have severely disrupted our models of love.

Following Q&A with director Joséphine Demerliac

Age rating: FSK released from 0

Credits

Germany 2021

Length: 75 min

Director: Joséphine Demerliac

Screenplay: Joséphine Demerliac

Cast: Zou, Cecil von Renner, Dimitri Stapfer

Version: Original with German subtitles