Title of film : RIVAL
Director Name : Marcus Lenz
Cast & crew :
Producer : Gunter Hanfgarn,Andrea Ufer
Editor : Hansjorg Weissbrich,Bernd Euscher
Cast :
Synopsis : 9-year-old Roman follows his mother Oksana, who left to work illegally in Germany. There she lives with Gert, a 62- year-old German widower who suffers from diabetes. Gert tries to make friends with the boy, but Roman struggles for his mother's attention. Suddenly Oksana becomes ill, and Roman is left alone with his rival. Surprisingly Gert turns out to be a good playmate until he dies from a stroke. Roman is now trapped in a remote place, along with a corpse.
Director Bio : Marcus Lenz was born in the Ruhr Basin in 1969. After completing his studies in Essen, he worked as a communications designer before discovering his love for storytelling. In 1995 he began studies at the German Film & Television Academy in Berlin and founded the production company irrlicht-film in 2001.
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