'Live' claims top place at the Lichter film festival in the regional feature film category. FMTNews Lockdown
German director and screenwriter Lisa Charlotte Friederich posing next to a playground.
Since the virus began taking over headlines and sweeping aside public life, “we’ve had to get used to the idea that we’ve made a film that’s very similar to what we’re all experiencing now,” Friederich tells AFP. “For those of us who live in relative security, there’s a relationship” between dangers like terror and the virus, she explains.
Back in the real world, people have returned to Berlin’s streets, with thousands gathering on May 1 — traditionally a day of uninhibited revelry in central Kreuzberg. Rather, “the film speaks of people’s need for community, that’s something else than conjuring up conspiracy theories” like those that have motivated some present-day demonstrators, she adds.Throughout the film, characters are frustrated and driven apart by digital technologies inadequacy at replacing human contact.
“People miss these things very, very quickly. Having no warm body near you, ever — it’s terrible,” muses Friederich, who counts herself lucky to live with her partner and co-producer Rike Huy.
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