The Friend ( Der Freund ) ( Larissa )

The Friend (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Der Freund
Alternate Title: Larissa
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

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

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
90 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Music Video
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2008 and produced in:
Switzerland ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Micha Lewinsky

Written By:
Micha Lewinsky
Sabine Pochhammer

Actors:
Philippe Graber ..... Emil
Johanna Bantzer ..... Nora
Andrea Bürgin ..... Maria
Michel Voïta ..... Jean-Michel
Therese Affolter ..... Emils Mother
Oriana Schrage ..... Blumenverkäuferin
Patrick Serena ..... Gion
Verena Zimmermann ..... Grossmutter

Synopsis:

A young man makes a commitment to a pop singer on whom he has a crush - only to run headfirst into unforeseeable circumstances - in Swiss director Micha Lewinsky's gentle, offbeat seriocomedy Der Freund. For Emil Funk (Philippe Graber), Zurich-based musician Larissa Mahler (Emilie Weltie) is the essence of appeal and desirability; after watching her perform, he dreams of meeting her. The young man sees his wish come true in the form of a brief encounter with Larissa, but must contend with a bizarre request: she asks him to 'pretend' to be her boyfriend. Emil obliges but grows understandably confused when Larissa disappears, then suddenly dies the next day. Recognizing the value of a commitment, he insists on standing by her family as an emotional anchor and guiding them through a period of intense sorrow - which draws him into a close and unexpected bond with Larissa's sister, Nora (Johanna Bantzer).

Emil has fallen in love with Larissa. But before the two can really get to know one another, Larissa dies unexpectedly. And Emil, who only wants to obscure the sad truth about Larissa's death, is mistaken for her former boyfriend. Larissa's family takes a sincere liking to Emil; her sister Nora even begins to take an interest in the young man who had apparently been with Larissa during the last weeks of her life. Emil is suddenly needed and finds he is able to console Larissa's family. But the closer his relationship with Nora becomes, all the more difficult it becomes for Emil to live with his fabricated past.

In reality Emil (Philippe Graber) and Larissa (Emilie Welti) would never have been a couple she is an idolized singer, he is a shy outsider. Ironically, Emil is just getting to know Larissa when she dies unexpectedly. He pretends to have been her boyfriend and finally gets the recognition he has always yearned for, with the added bonus of a surrogate family in the form of Larissas. Things would be just great if Emil didnt fall in love - with Larissa's sister Nora (Johanna Bantzer). The more he gets to know her, the harder it becomes for him to pretend

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 06 October, 2010.

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