NICO

By Eline GEHRING

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Drama - Completed 2021

The self-confident and lively German-Persian Nico loves her job as a geriatric nurse and is popular with everyone because of her easygoing and sympathetic manner. She enjoys the Berlin summer with her best friend Rosa until a racist attack suddenly tears her out of her carefree everyday life.

Festivals
& Awards

Max Ophüls Prize Film Festival 2021
"Best Actress Award" for Sara Fazilat
First Steps 2021
"No Fear Award" for Sara Fazilat
QueerScope 2021
"Queer Scope Debut Film Award"
Braunschweig International Film Festival 2021
"Best Actress Award" for Sara Fazilat
Biberach Film Festival 2021
"Debüt-Biber Award" for the Best debut film
FILMZ Festival of German Cinema 2021
"Audience Award" for the best film
Radstadt Film Festival 2021
"Youth Jury Award" for the best film
    • Year of production
    • 2021
    • Genres
    • Drama, LGBT, Female director
    • Countries
    • GERMANY
    • Languages
    • GERMAN
    • Duration
    • 79 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Eline GEHRING
    • Writer(s)
    • Francy FABRITZ, Sara FAZILAT, Eline GEHRING
    • Producer(s)
    • Sara FAZILAT
    • Synopsis
    • The self-confident and lively German-Persian Nico loves her job as a geriatric nurse and is popular with everyone because of her easygoing and sympathetic manner. She enjoys the Berlin summer with her best friend Rosa until a racist attack suddenly tears her out of her carefree everyday life. Nico realises that she doesn‘t belong as self-evidently as she always thought. Haunted by flashbacks of the terrible attack, she withdraws more and more into herself. Not only Rosa loses touch with her, but also her clients fail to recognise the young woman. Nico feels that things cannot go on like this and turns to the gruff karate champion Andy. With him she begins a tough training programme which helps her to channel her anger and discover her own strength, but she also loses touch with herself. When Nico eventually meets the Macedonian woman Ronny, a connection develops between the two that causes Nico to question the path she has chosen.