Synopsis
18-year-old, freshly graduated Armin is slowly being suffocated by
his mother’s well-meaning, his father’s expectations, the lethal boredom
of suburban life. He starts randomly making anonymous claims of
responsibility for accidents he witnesses, crimes he reads about. It
starts as a game and quickly becomes an obsession. Soon, pretending to
be guilty just isn’t enough…
„Low Profile” is not only an portrait of life in the suburban
wastelands of Germany and a disturbing case study of a juvenile identity
crisis: “It’s about a pattern, that we all are familiar with: the
desire for a free disposition of our selves” – Christoph Hochhäusler
studied directing at Munich Film and Television School (HFF). Le Monde
about his debut feature „This very Moment” (Milchwald), shown at last
year’s Berlinale: “Without doubt the best German film of the festival.”
Project Details
Script & Director: Christoph Hochhäusler
D.o.P.: Bernhard Keller
Editor: Stefan Stabenow
Art Director: Beatrice Schulz
D.o.P.: Bernhard Keller
Editor: Stefan Stabenow
Art Director: Beatrice Schulz
Costumes: Susanne Sasserath
Cast: Constantin von Jascheroff, Viktoria Trauttmansdorff, Manfred Zapatka, Laura Tonke, Nora von Waldstätten
Postproduction supported by Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen.
Festivals
Premiere:
Festival des Cannes, Un certain regard, 2005
Filmfest München 2005, Förderpreis Neues Deutsches Kino - Best Actor (Jascheroff)
Bogota Film Festival, 2005
Chicago Film Festival, 2005
Max-Ophüls-Festival, 2006
Filmfestival Türkei/Deutschland, 2006, Best Actor - Constantin von Jascheroff
Filmfest München 2005, Förderpreis Neues Deutsches Kino - Best Actor (Jascheroff)
Bogota Film Festival, 2005
Chicago Film Festival, 2005
Max-Ophüls-Festival, 2006
Filmfestival Türkei/Deutschland, 2006, Best Actor - Constantin von Jascheroff
Awards
New Faces Awards - Best Actor Constantin von Jascheroff (nominated)