Von der Vermählung des Salamanders mit der grünen Schlange

Director: René Frölke    → show biography   ← hide biography

Biography: Born 1978, René Frölke worked for several years as freelance editor and dop for documentary and television projects. His last works as an editor includes the cinema documentary MATERIAL by Thomas Heise (Berlinale 2009) and BARTÓK'S REQUIEM by Jan Lorenzen (Duisburg FF 2008). In 2010 he directed his first feature length documentary OF THE SALAMANDER'S ESPOUSAL WITH THE GREEN SNAKE and won the ARTE-Documentary Award at Duisburg FF René Frölke studies at the film department of the HFG Karlsruhe. Filmography: GUIDED TOUR - documentary (2011) - Berlinale 2011 - Forum Expanded, Int. Short FF Oberhausen OF THE SALAMANDER'S ESPOUSAL WITH THE GREEN SNAKE - documentary (2010) - ARTE-Documentary Award at Duisburg FF, BAFICI 2011 ROPINSALMI - experimental (2008) THE GUEST - short fiction (2007) JOUR DE GRÈVE - documentary (2007) PAST REMAINS SILENT - short fiction (2004)

Country: Germany

Year: 2010

Synopsis: Who is this young man, always appearing slightly awkward, hastily descending the stairs next to the great hotel down to the seafront? That transfixed gaze behind the flat forehead. What does he see? Jürgen is cloakroom attendant at the beach and artist. An artist who never visited any academy. His mother, Edeltraud, recounts a journey that started a long time ago and has etched itself into the story of her life. And Günter, the father, is the silent background companion. Slowly the film feels its way through the lives of three people in the small town of Glücksburg. Father, Mother, Son. But was that really all? Layer by layer the film explores the delicate ramifications of their life paths. Against the backdrop of a small resort at the Baltic Sea, the portrait of a family emerges, who was once brought together by coincidence. But it was only due to their uncompromising decisions that these coincidences were transformed into an inseparable bond. Their stories are stories of families, dreams, traumas, set-backs and determination, and allow us an ever-changing glimpse of the lives of these three people. Just when the image is gaining clarity, it immediately appears blurry and new.

Language: German