White Snail
Misha ist Maler, seine Wohnung steht mit Gemälden voll. Geld verdient er als Leichenpräparator in einem Krankenhaus. Masha will Model werden, in China. Dafür übt sie Laufen in einer Modelschule und lässt Schnecken über ihr Gesicht schleimen – als Hautpflegemittel. Der ganzkörpertätowierte Mann um die vierzig und das bleiche Mädchen: Er macht die Leichen schön, sie sich selbst. Das vom Dokumentarfilm kommende Regieduo macht zwei Menschen aus Belarus, die fiktionalisierte Versionen ihrer selbst spielen, zu einem ebenso unwahrscheinlichen wie bewegenden Paar, das in den neonlichtbeflackerten Nächten von Minsk in der Nähe der Liebe halt macht. (Gian-Philip Andreas)
In Anwesenheit von Levin Peter, Elsa Kremser und am 19. Oktober außerdem von Mikhail Khursevich (Kamera) und Stephan Bechinger (Schnitt).
Following two unconventional documentaries—SPACE DOGS (2019) and DREAMING DOGS (2024)—focused on the lives of stray canines, filmmaking duo Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter return with the narrative feature WHITE SNAIL, where the two protagonists also exhibit a fondness for various animals. Set in contemporary Belarus, the film tells the story of Masha, a blonde, thin, fair-skinned model pursuing her dream job in China, and Misha, a tattooed, thickset painter working at a morgue. Played with extreme naturalness by non-professionals Marya Imbro and Mikhail Senkov, these two loners strike up an unlikely but profound friendship that will force them to confront their secrets and wounds. The worlds to which Masha and Misha belong are completely at odds. But as these characters form a strange bond, the fashion industry and the funeral business reveal equally unlikely coincidences and areas of overlap that subtly proliferate as the plot advances. By depicting how we and our bodies relate to sight and touch, life and death, reality and imagination, flaws and perfection, Kremser and Peter map two universes on to one another, leaving the viewer to determine where they intersect and whether they diverge. (Cristina Álvarez López)
Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter: SPACE DOGS (2019), DREAMING DOGS (2024)
- Marya Imbro
- Mikhail Senkov
- Elsa Kremser
- Levin Peter
- Mikhail Khursevich
- Simon Peter
- Johannes Schmelzer-Ziringer
- Stephan Bechinger
- John Gürtler
- Jan Miserre
- Kristine Vitola
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