Marija, a young Ukrainian woman, earns a living as a cleaning woman in a hotel in Dortmund, but dreams of having her own hairstyling salon, and puts away some money each month. But when she is fired without notice, her dream is suddenly postponed to an uncertain future. Jobless and under financial pressure, she is forced to look for alternatives but, in order to achieve her goal, she is ready to discard her body, her social relationships and her own feelings.
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Cast
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Margarita Breitkreiz
Marija
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Georg Friedrich
Georg
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Olga Dinnikova
Olga
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Sahin Eryilmaz
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Dmitri Alexandrov
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Michael Koch Director · Juliane Grossheim Writer Florian Riegel Editor
First release August 8, 2016 · Produced in Switzerland, Germany · Languages German, Hungarian, Turkish, Ukrainian
Production
Pandora Film
Production
Pandora Filmproduktion
Production
Switzerland · Germany
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Languages
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German · Hungarian · Turkish · Ukrainian
Release dates
Switzerland · August 8, 2016
Limited theatrical · Locarno International Film Festival
No release date listed for United States.
Canada
September 12, 2016 · Limited theatrical · Toronto International Film Festival
Germany
February 10, 2017 · Limited theatrical · Berlin International Film Festival
March 9, 2017 · Theatrical
South Korea
October 7, 2016 · Limited theatrical · Busan International Film Festival
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