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Valerie (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
81 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2006 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Birgit Möller

Written By:
Milena Baisch
Ilja Haller

Actors:
Agata Buzek ..... Valerie
Devid Striesow ..... André
Birol Ünel ..... Jaro
Ricarda Meßner ..... Wanja
Anne Sarah Hartung ..... Isa
Franz Dinda ..... Mike
Frédéric Vonhof ..... Hotelmanager

Synopsis:

A beautiful woman is suddenly forced to rely on her wits on a cold night in December in this character study from Germany. Valerie (Agata Buzek) was a successful fashion model when she was living in Paris in her mid-twenties, but now she's turned thirty and her career is not what it used to be. With her bank account empty, Valerie can no longer afford the fancy hotel room that had been her home for several months, or even get her car out of their underground parking garage. The photographer who discovered Valerie and was her lover for years (Birol Unel) has found a new protégé and isn't interested in her anymore, while Valerie's agent (Sabine Vitua) tells her in no uncertain terms her career is probably over. While she's able to use her looks and charm to persuade Andre (Devid Streisow), a parking attendant, to let her sleep in her car, she finds herself essentially homeless in Berlin with Christmas just around the corner. Valerie can still turn heads with the right dress and make-up, but with no cash or practical skills, she's forced to turn to others to supply her with food, drinks and cigarettes, and flirts with the idea of prostitution in order to support herself. Valerie was the first directorial effort from cinematographer Birgit Moller.

Completely broke and without a job in the pipe line, Valerie, a model spoiled by years of success and luxury, is stranded in Berlin''s Hyatt Hotel. It is Christmas Eve, her friends are busy and Valerie has nowhere to go. Incapable of dealing with her new situation she pretends to be a paying guest of the hotel. But when the manager discovers that she is using an invalid credit card, she can not show up at the front desk any longer. She sneaks into hotel rooms to take a shower and steal food until that does not work any longer. She ends up living in her car in the hotel''s parking garage until the parking attendant discovers her illegal domicile and tries to put an end to her double life.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 06 May, 2008.

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