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KEN - THE MOVIE

By Claudia RORARIUS

Drama - Post-Production 2024

KEN - THE MOVIE (WT) is a hypnotic journey through today’s America and the inner world of the offbeat musician Ken Stringfellow (The Posies, R.E.M., Big
Star).

- Year of production
- 2024
- Genres
- Drama, Road movie
- Countries
- GERMANY, USA
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Budget
- 0.3 - 0.6 M$
- Duration
- 90 mn
- Director(s)
- Claudia RORARIUS
- Cast
- Ken STRINGFELLOW, Kim TAYLOR
- Synopsis
- KEN - THE MOVIE (WT) tells a fictional story of the real American musician Ken Stringfellow (48), who left America 15 years ago to start a new life in Europe. After a failed relationship, the fictional character KEN sets out for his homeland to look for his roots for the first time. From here, a journey begins with a secret,
  through hope and dreams, fiction and reality, a mix of emotions, childhood memories, the unconscious.
  
  Ken is on tour through the US. It’s a road he’s travelled a thousand times before, but on this occasion his world is turned upside-down. The towns appear deserted, his shows are going badly, and his nerves are at breaking point. One morning, he wakes to find his voice gone — an event that sends him over the edge, plunging into a catastrophic breakdown. Stranded and distressed, he is haunted by the memory of his bodily mother abandoning him as a child. After deciding he's had enough emotional torment, he takes fate into his own hands and begins
  the search for his lost family, taking a long and painful road back to life.
  
  On his way, KEN meets KIM (Kim Taylor) and they spend some days and nights together, improvising songs - Kim is lending Ken her voice - and reflecting about life and music. An intimate friendship slowly evolves between the two of them, which soon comes to an end because, before Ken can make a new beginning, he has to go on traveling to find his roots, alone.