18/10/2010

On October 12, shooting started in Nuremberg and the surrounding area on Dreiviertelmond by screenwriter-director Christian Zübert (Lammbock), starring Elmar Wepper (winner of several awards in 2008 for his role in Doris Dörrie’s superb Cherry Blossoms - Hanami [+see also:
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Sixty-five-year-old Hartmut Mackowiak, who is afraid of change and new things, sees his life go down the drain when his wife leaves him for another man. When a young Turkish woman and her six-year-old daughter Hayat get in his taxi, his bad temper causes an argument.

Later on, he sees the little girl again, alone in the street, and feels a duty not to abandon her. But in the end it’s he who learns most from the child. Hayat is played by Mercan-Fatima Türköglu, who was discovered in Berlin after auditioning hundreds of little girls.

Dreiviertelmond is produced by Robert Marciniak and Uli Aselmann (Winter Journey [+see also:
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Shooting will continue until November 22 in Nuremberg, Fürth and Istanbul. Majestic Filmverleih plan to release the title on German screens on October 13, 2011.

(Translated from French)