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The Boy Who Couldn‘t Feel Pain

film type fiction Production Country Germany, USA production year 2022 runtime 20'46 colour Color
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.33:1 (4:3) sound format Stereo original-language English subtitles English, French
screening format Media File (ProRes, mp4, mov) aspect ratio 1.33:1 (4:3) sound format Stereo original-language English subtitles English, French

THE BOY WHO COULDN'T FEEL PAIN is set in Grants, New Mexico, and tells the fictional small-town legend of Chester, a street fighter who cannot feel pain. When Annie, a bowling alley employee who just moved to town, challenges him to a fight, things begin to change.

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director Eugen Merher Script Eugen Merher Production Philip Chrobot, Sophie Lotsch DOP Mortimer Hochberg Editing Ernst Lattik, Maximilian Merth Cast Catfish Jean, Delilah Napier, Dylan Sprayberry Szenenbild / Production Design Alexander Antholzner Original Score Alexander Wolf David Sound Design Robin Harff, Floyd Fürstenau, Paul Powaljaew Animation Marc Angele, Marc Angele, Pascal Schelbli, Manuel Portschy, DELI Creative Collective, Zornshot Hamburg film school Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Festivals
2022 Tirana International Film Festival, Albania (Best Student Short)
2022 Festival du Film Court de Villeurbanne, France
2022 ALCINE - Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares, Spain
2022 Santa Fe International Film Festival, USA (Best New Mexico Short)
2022 Oaxaca FilmFest, Mexico
Awards
2022 Nominierung Narrative Category Student Academy Awards 2022
2022 Gold für Film School 6 min and up, Silber für Best Use of Music Young Director Award 2022
School
Sales
  • Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
  • Katharina Schreiner
  • Akademiehof 10
  • 71638 Ludwigsburg
  • Germany
  • +49 7141 96982179
  • http://www.filmakademie.de
Production
  • Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
  • Katharina Schreiner
  • Akademiehof 10
  • 71638 Ludwigsburg
  • Germany
  • +49 7141 96982179
  • http://www.filmakademie.de
Distribution
  • Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
  • Katharina Schreiner
  • Akademiehof 10
  • 71638 Ludwigsburg
  • Germany
  • +49 7141 96982179
  • http://www.filmakademie.de

Eugen Merher

Born 1990 in Chisinau, Moldova;
moved to Germany when he was six years old;
studied communication science and journalism at the University of Hohenheim and the University of Oregon;
since 2014 studying at the Film Academy Baden-Wuerttemberg

Filmography
2014/15 NIVEA - Footprint (commercial)
2015 Tommy
2015 halb voll
2016 Adidas – Break Free (commercial)
2016 Baufix – Sturmfrei (commercial)
2022 The Boy Who Couldn‘t Feel Pain

Portrait of Eugen Merher