After her mother decides that eighteen-year-old mentally disabled Dora no longer has to take sedating drugs, the young woman begins to blossom. But when pleasure-loving Dora discovers her sexuality, her strive for independence becomes increasingly risky. To her mother’s horror, Dora has a spontaneous sexual encounter with a dubious man who is obviously taken with the young girl’s uninhibited sensuality. As this encounter turns into a secret liaison, Dora’s parents struggle to protect their vulnerable child…
Stina WerenfelsBorn in Basel in 1964, Stina Werenfels spent her early childhood in the USA, Greece and Spain. Following her degree in Pharmacology, she went on to study film at the New York University (Tisch School of the Arts) in 1991 where she attended master classes by Spike Lee, Arthur Penn and Marketa Kimbrell. There she completed her studies with the prize winning short documentary Fragments from the Lower East Side (1994) describing the vanishing Jewish culture of New York’s neighbourhood.
Back in Switzerland Werenfels shot Pastry, Pain & Politics (1998) for which she was given amongst other awards the Swiss Film Prize for best short film. Her first movie feature Nachbeben (2006) premiered at the Berlinale Panorama and went on to win several awards.
Besides writing and directing, Stina Werenfels also teaches ‘acting for film’ at Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK).
- Berlinale (2015) Panorama - Official Selection
- Brussels film festival (2015) Competition - Cinelab Award for Best Image & Cineuropa Award
- Golden Apricot Yerevan in Armenia (2015) Competition
- Swiss Film Panorama in Brazil (2015)
- Espoo Film Festival in Finland (2015)
- MICGenero Festival Mexico (2015)
- Cinematik Piestany International Film Festival in Slovakia (2015)
- Split Film Festival (2015)
