Marina

film type documentary film Production Country Germany production year 2018 runtime 27'47 colour
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Stereo languages Englisch Subtitles Deutsch
screening format HDCAM aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Stereo languages Englisch Subtitles Deutsch

The Romanian careworker Marina tells about her daily life of being employed 24/7 in a German private home: Of the conflict of carrying out vital emotional work while having to live far away from her own family. Performing invisible work in isolation, Marina becomes the personification of ‘East European cheap labour’.

Official Trailer: https://vimeo.com/294080629

director Julia Roesler Besetzung / Cast Gerd Peiser, Gina Calinoiu, Lara Guzman Zevallos Original-Filmmusik / Original Score Insa Rudolph Schnitt / Editing Isabel Robson Bildgestaltung / DOP Isabel Robson Produktion / Production Julia Roesler, Silke Merzhäuser Drehbuch / Script Julia Roesler, Silke Merzhäuser Tongestaltung / Sound Design Ansgar Frerich
Festivals
2018 DOK Leipzig - Internationales Leipziger Festival für Dokumentar- und Animationsfilm, Germany (Goldene Taube)
Production
  • werkgruppe2
  • Silke Merzhäuser
  • An der Kapelle 23
  • 37124 Rosdorf
  • Deutschland
  • http://www.werkgruppe2.de
Distribution
  • werkgruppe2
  • Silke Merzhäuser
  • An der Kapelle 23
  • 37124 Rosdorf
  • Deutschland
  • http://www.werkgruppe2.de
Sales
  • werkgruppe2
  • Silke Merzhäuser
  • An der Kapelle 23
  • 37124 Rosdorf
  • Deutschland
  • http://www.werkgruppe2.de

Julia Roesler

Julia Roesler is a producer and scriptwriter. She took cultural studies and aesthetic practice in Hildesheim and was a visiting student in Freiburg and Argentina. She is a co-founder of the werkgruppe2 independent artistic company.

Filmography
2018 MARINA
2021 FREDDA MEYER
2021 ARBEITERINNEN/ PRACUJACE KOBIETY