Country: Germany
Year: 2009
Duration: 63\'
RECORD 12
Victor Slabon is the director of the experiment known as “record 12,” which consists in the non-stop, closed-circuit monitoring of Alena inside her home. The woman doesn’t know she is being observed until odd noises and objects that have been moved make her realize that there is something strange in the unreal solitude of the house and that she is a prisoner. In the meantime, the psychologist Dr Danner meets with Slabon and a mysterious government agent and together they discuss the true objective of “record 12.”
“There is an open ending to the film: the experiment leaves thoughts and questions needing to be sorted out. Is it our aspiration to fight all that conflicts with our limited idea of life? How far can research go, isn’t there a lot that eludes our cognizance? In our medially represented world, an all-around observation doesn’t seem absurd at all. The question about moral defensibleness remains prevailing. But: can we trust our eyes or shouldn’t we put more focus on our feelings again?”
Biography
film director
Simone Wendel
Mario A. Conte (Ludwigshafen am Rhine, Germany, 1972) and Simone Wendel (Bad Durkheim, Germany, 1974) have been working together since 2002. With their own company Project Gold-Film Design they realized not only films, but also several projects in the fields of TV, motion graphics and free art, and event installations. Their first short film, The First Angel, has already been screened at many festivals, such as the California Independent Film Festival and the Tokyo Shortshorts & Asia. In 2008, they made the short The Black Rose or How Mr Fossenrath Tried not to Change the World and in 2005 they made the documentary Eleven Architects about Friedensreich Hundertwasser. A Sunday Architect for the German Museum of Architecture in Frankfurt.
FILMOGRAFIA
filmografia essenziale/essential filmography
Eleven Architects about Friedensreich Hundertwasser. A Sunday Architect (doc., mm, 2005), Der erste Engel (The First Angel, cm, 2006), Manfred and Rudi (cm, anim., 2008), Die schwarze Rose oder wie herr Fossenrath Versuchte, die Welt Nicht zu Verändern (The Black Rose or How Mr Fossenrath Tried Not to Change the World, cm, 2008), Record 12 (2009).
Mario Conte
Mario A. Conte (Ludwigshafen am Rhine, Germany, 1972) and Simone Wendel (Bad Durkheim, Germany, 1974) have been working together since 2002. With their own company Project Gold-Film Design they realized not only films, but also several projects in the fields of TV, motion graphics and free art, and event installations. Their first short film, The First Angel, has already been screened at many festivals, such as the California Independent Film Festival and the Tokyo Shortshorts & Asia. In 2008, they made the short The Black Rose or How Mr Fossenrath Tried not to Change the World and in 2005 they made the documentary Eleven Architects about Friedensreich Hundertwasser. A Sunday Architect for the German Museum of Architecture in Frankfurt.
FILMOGRAFIA
filmografia essenziale/essential filmography
Eleven Architects about Friedensreich Hundertwasser. A Sunday Architect (doc., mm, 2005), Der erste Engel (The First Angel, cm, 2006), Manfred and Rudi (cm, anim., 2008), Die schwarze Rose oder wie herr Fossenrath Versuchte, die Welt Nicht zu Verändern (The Black Rose or How Mr Fossenrath Tried Not to Change the World, cm, 2008), Record 12 (2009).
Cast
& Credits
regia, sceneggiatura, produttori/director, screenplay, producers
Mario A. Conte, Simone Wendel
fotografia/cinematography
Uwe Herrmann
montaggio/film editing
Mario A. Conte
scenografia/production design
Barbara Petri, Nina Klaus
costumi/costume design
Anni Lenk, Constanze Walldorf
musica/music
Philipp Edward Kumpel, Michl Britsch
suono/sound
Rainer Ottenweller, Nick Wurpel
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Meret Becker (Alena), Richard van Weyden (Slabon), Iris Böhm (la dottoressa/Dr Danner) Oliver Wronk (Weil)
produzione, vendita all’estero/production, world sales
Projekt Gold
Mario A. Conte, Simone Wendel
fotografia/cinematography
Uwe Herrmann
montaggio/film editing
Mario A. Conte
scenografia/production design
Barbara Petri, Nina Klaus
costumi/costume design
Anni Lenk, Constanze Walldorf
musica/music
Philipp Edward Kumpel, Michl Britsch
suono/sound
Rainer Ottenweller, Nick Wurpel
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Meret Becker (Alena), Richard van Weyden (Slabon), Iris Böhm (la dottoressa/Dr Danner) Oliver Wronk (Weil)
produzione, vendita all’estero/production, world sales
Projekt Gold
