The State I Am In

Film Info

Germany 2000 | 105 min. Director: Christian Petzold

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The State I Am In

Synopsis

For 15 years now the parents have been leading an underground existence. Hiding among the anonymous tourists on the beaches of Portugal.
They had broken a taboo: They had conceived a daughter. A girl who has never swapped clothes with her friends, never skipped classes in school, camped out at lakes, got drunk and broke off with her boyfriend in ice-cream parlours. A girl who is alone.
The parents are just about to establish some sort of legal identity for themselves in Brazil, when a slight negligence causes everything to fall apart around them.
And again they are on the run, which brings them back to Germany.
Meanwhile, their daughter has fallen in love. A love which will lead to a tragedy and destroy the family.

Cast & Crew

Director

Christian Petzold
Screenwriter

Christian Petzold, Harun Farocki
Director of photography

Hans Fromm
Main Cast

Julia Hummer (Jeanne), Barbara Auer (Clara), Richy Müller (Hans), Bilge Bingul (Heinrich)
Editor (Cut)

Bettina Böhler
Production Design

Kade Gruber
Costume Design

Anette Guther
Makeup

Monika Münnich

Director's comment

I read that Wolfgang Grams, the terrorist who was later shot in Bad Kleinen, had been cooking jam, somewhe-re in the anonymity of the underground. That he had written songs, Blues. For a woman.
Messages from the underground, telling of ghosts trying to become human beings.
The ghosts in this story have conceived a child. Become family. Want to be normal. Ghosts trying to become human beings will always be protagonists of tragedy