Film Info
Totem

Film Information

Exhibition Title	Totem
Original Title	Totem
English Title	Totem
Director	Jessica Krummacher
Country
Year	2011
Format	DCP
Colour	Color
Duration	86'

Cast:

Intérpretes / Cast: Marina Frenk, Natja Brunckhorst, Benno Ifland, Alissa Wilms, Cedric Koch

Production:

Guión / Scriptwriter: Jessica Krummacher
Fotografía / Cinematography: Bjoern Siepmann
Edición / Editing: Jessica Krummacher, Heike Parplies
Producción / Producer: Martin Blankemeyer, Jessica Krummacher, Philipp Budweg, Timo Müller
Compañía Productora / Production Company: Arepo Media, Munich Film Society, kLAPPbOXfILME, Schlicht und Ergreifend Film

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Synopsis

The story takes place in a family home and its surroundings, in a residential neighborhood near Ruhr. The mother, Claudia, (a stunning performance by Natja Brunckhorst) and the father, Wolfgang, seem not to care too much about their children: Nicole, a fifteen year old, and Jürgen, who is only six. Each and every one of them are lost in their own melancholic derail. Fiona, an extremely fragile 23 year old maid, is hired through the Internet and starts working in this unique habitat. It isn’t hard to predict that the way they relate with each other will change once Fiona arrives. However, unlike the splendid guest Terence Stamp composed in Pasolini’s Theorem, Fiona’s character will not have such a charm. In this movie, the family is an entity capable of destroying foreign beings. With a simple and direct tone that contains disruptive elements, Jessica Krummacher achieves in her first film moments of intriguing ambiguity.