RIVAL

RIVALE

By Marcus LENZ

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Drama - Completed 2020

His mother belongs to him, only to him.

Festivals
& Awards

Busan IFF 2020
Flash Forward
Thessaloniki IFF 2021
Film Market
    • Year of production
    • 2020
    • Genres
    • Drama, Thriller, Family
    • Countries
    • GERMANY
    • Languages
    • GERMAN, UKRANIAN
    • Duration
    • 96 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Marcus LENZ
    • Producer(s)
    • Gunter HANFGARN (HANFGARN & UFER), Andrea UFER (HANFGARN & UFER)
    • Synopsis
    • 9 - Year old Roman follows his mother Oksana, who left to work illegally in Germany. There she lives with Gert, a 62- year old German widower, who suffers from diabetes. Gert tries to make friends with the boy, but Roman struggles for his mother´s attention.
      Then suddenly Oksana becomes ill and Roman is left alone with his rival. Gert turns out to be a good playmate, until he dies from an accident.