Sinopsis
Alison Kuhn directs five young actresses on an empty stage. The six of them were harassed and sexually assaulted on a film set, under the guise of an audition four years before. They act out their memories: sexual assault, intimidation and bewilderment. The anger, shame and guilt they went through are narrated in parallel by the actresses in passages sometimes sober, sometimes very emotional. The Case You demonstrates the abuse of power in the industry in a way rarely seen.
Alison Kuhn is a German-Vietnamese filmmaker, actress and writer who was born in 1995 in Saarbrücken (Germany). She studied directing at the Babelsberg Konrad Wolf Film University in Potsdam. Her film “The Case You'' was awarded, among others, the German Documentary Film Prize for Art and Culture. She directed and wrote “Fluffy Tales”, nominated for the Golden Lola of the German Short Film Award. Her medium-length film “Swarmers” was nominated for the First Steps Award and received a Special Mention at the Krakowski Festiwal Filmowy. She also directed the 8th season of the series “Druck'' as well as the miniseries “Watch me”.
Thursday, October 26th, 2023. 7 pm
Goethe-Institut. Madrid
Director: Alison Kuhn (Germany)
Genre: Documentary
Country of production: Germany
Year of production: 2019
Running time: 80’
Language:German with Spanish subtitles
Cast: Isabelle Bertges, Gabriela Burkhardt, Aileen Lakatos, Lisa Marie Stojčev, Milena Straube
Production: Luis Morat
Screenwriter: Alison Kuhn
Director of photography: Lenn Lamster
Production companies: Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf FSK
International sales: Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf FSK
Festival/Awards Award for Best Music in a Documentary at the 42nd Max Ophüls Preis Film Festival 2021
German Documentary Award in Art and Culture. Student Award at the 36th edition of the DOK.fest in Munich in 2021.
