International Panorama · 46th Edition
What Marielle knows
WAS MARIELLE WEISS
Director
Frédéric Hambalek
Country
Germany
Runtime
1 h 26 min
Language
German, French
Premiere
MENA premiere (Middle East and North Africa)
Synopsis
Julia and Tobias seem to be the perfect couple. But behind the façade and designer kitchen, trouble is brewing. The fragile balance between the two is shattered when their daughter Marielle suddenly develops telepathic abilities, granting her the power to see and hear everything her parents do – day and night. The couple soon realises that the lies they have been telling each other can no longer be hidden from Marielle. When their most uncomfortable secrets are exposed, Julia and Tobias engage in a manipulative game that leads to increasingly awkward and absurd situations which escalate the conflict and the consequences.
Screenplay
Frédéric Hambalek
About the Director
He was born in Karlsruhe, Germany, in 1986 and attended the Middlebury Bread Loaf School of English in Vermont, USA. He has made several short films. His first script won the 2016 Tankred Dorst Prize, and his screenwriting has been nominated for the Grimme-Preis and the German Television Awards. In 2020, his no-budget feature film Model Olimpia premiered at the Tallinn Black Nights Festival.
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