LASST DIE ALTEN STERBEN

LET THE OLD FOLKS DIE

By Juri STEINHART

LOMOTION AG - as PROD

First film - Completed 2017

Kevin lives in a time and place where everything is permitted and accepted. He wants to rebel – but against what? A tragicomedy about youth gasping for air in a cotton-candy world.

Festivals
& Awards

Zurich FF 2017
Special Screenings
    • Year of production
    • 2017
    • Genres
    • First film
    • Countries
    • SWITZERLAND
    • Languages
    • SWISS-GERMAN
    • Budget
    • 1 - 3 M$
    • Duration
    • 92 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Juri STEINHART
    • Writer(s)
    • Juri STEINHART
    • Producer(s)
    • David FONJALLAZ (LOMOTION AG), Louis MATARÉ (LOMOTION AG)
    • Synopsis
    • Kevin is young, Kevin is cool, Kevin is angry. Kevin wants a revolution! But what could he possibly revolt against? His comfortable, trouble free life bores him to death. So, he decides to set up a commune with his best friend Manuel. As an initiation ritual the neo-revolutionaries smash their smartphones to pieces: Back to real emotions, drugs and stealing; No more social media; Break free of conventions, escape consumerism - that’s their goal! Together they love, yell, smoke pot and try to hone their manifesto, which proves a challenge when they struggle to find a cause, their drive and anger dissipates and they realise that their parents are better revolutionaries. «Let the old folks die» is a satirical film about a generation, who in their bid to break free from boredom end up finding themselves at the edge of an empty abyss. That’s no way to start a revolution. Or is it?