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Willy Hans

Der Fleck (Skill issue)

Director Willy Hans Composer Christoph Blawert, Daniel Hobi, Isolée Cast Leo Kuhn, Alva Schäfer, Malene Becker
Edition 2024
94' - 2024 - Drama - Format: DCP - Dialogue: German
In Der Fleck, a summer idyll in the woods turns sour for a seventeen-year-old with no remarkable social skills. An unexpected encounter with a kindred spirit propels the two to wander along the mystical banks of a river. This German feature debut sparkles with streams of curiosity and meanders along playfully. Just go with the flow.

After dropping out of sports class, seventeen-year-old Simon joins a group of youngsters by a river in the woods. Until the languid afternoon by the water starts to bore the somewhat awkward teenager and he slips away again. This time with the mysterious Marie. Together they wander along timeless shores. Director Willy Hans inspired Der Fleck on his childhood in a South German boarding school and the romantic notion of wandering. Longing to belong or choosing freedom in a kind of drama without any drama, as Hans describes it. His feature-length debut avoids well-trodden paths, musing along the way about thousand-year-old soup in China. Canned on 16mm film, saturated colours and flecks of light gently oppose an undercurrent of loneliness. The enchanting attraction of the natural landscape earned a special mention at the Locarno film festival.

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Credits

Directors

Willy Hans

Composers

Christoph Blawert, Daniel Hobi, Isolée

Cast

Leo Kuhn, Alva Schäfer, Malene Becker

Scenario

Willy Hans

Director of Photography

Paul Spengemann

Editors

Matthias Graatz, Willy Hans

Producers

Julia Cöllen, Karsten Krause, Frank Scheuffele

Production studios

Fünferfilm UG

More info

Dialogue

German

Countries of production

Germany, Switzerland

Year

2024

Filmography

Willy Hans
Der fremde Fotograf und die Einsamkeit (short, 2012), Affenstunde (short, 2012), Das satanische Dickicht - EINS (short, 2014), Das satanische Dickicht - ZWEI (short, 2015), Das Satanische Dickicht: Drei (short, 2017), Was wahrscheinlich passiert wäre, wäre ich nicht zuhause geblieben (short, 2020), Der Fleck (2024)

Technical Specs

Format
DCP