Die Bettkönigin
The Bed Queen
Switzerland, August 1994
FILM,
Fiction,
53 min.
- directed by
- Gabriel Baur
- Written by
- Gabriel Baur
- Status
- In distribution
- Website
- www.onixfilms.com/?page_id=237&lang=en
The story of a woman who goes on strike: in a fit of anarchic revolt she simply decides to stay in bed - and refuses, like some distaff Oblomov, to see to the thousand and one chores that await her. At 33, Amalia is not getting much out of life. What with the kids, the job and the housework, which take up her waking hours. She has been wearing herself out without getting any satisfaction. When she puts her subversive plan into operation, her husband at first dances attendance on her. She is having fun with her girlfriends, sings, dreams and draws the neighbors into her game. But he quickly begins to feel its all too much for him and tries everything to get her out of bed - which only suceeds in strengthening the lady's resolve. The husband invites disaster when he brings a record producer and a television crew to her bedside... A placid, melancolic social parable, with surreal touches that only add to its sense of provocation.
credits
- World Premiere
- August 1994
- Original Version
- German, colour, 16mm, 53 min.
- Production
- ONIX Film GmbH
- Producer
- Kurt Mäder, Gabriel Baur
- directed by
- Gabriel Baur
- Written by
- Gabriel Baur
- Cinematography
- Ciro Cappellari
- Music
- Catherine Azad
- Location Sound Mix
- Ingrid Städeli
- Production Design
- Meisi Timm
- Costumes
- Judith Hentz
Cast
Imogen Kogge
Bruno Cathomas
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- ONIX Film GmbH
Festivals
(a selection)
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Women in the Director's Chair International Film & Video Festival
01.03.1995 - 15.03.1995 -
Internationales FrauenFilmFestival
29.09.1994 - 03.10.1994 -
International Film Forum Arsenals
19.09.1994 - 26.09.1994 -
Figueira da Foz, 23e Festival international de cinéma
01.09.1994 - 11.09.1994 -
Nenzing, 10. Int. Filmfestival "Alpinale"
15.08.1994 - 21.08.1994 -
Locarno, 47. Festival internazionale del film
04.08.1994 - 14.08.1994