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Orphea in Love

With Mirjam Mesak, Guido Badalamenti, Ursula Werner, Galeano Salas, Heiko Pinkowski, Ursina Lardi, Christina Große, Serge Dorny, Tim Oliver Schultz, Christian Steiffen et al.

A young call centre agent falls in love with a petty criminal street dancer. She is Orpheus. He is Eurydice. She expresses herself through singing, he articulates himself through his dance. For her great love, she descends into the underworld, faces her old demons, and learns to trust again…

“Orphea in Love” is a sweet homage to the opera and to love itself while simultaneously telling its story through a mix of realism and kitsch that, in a way, feels just as close to Flashdance as to Gluck or Puccini.

Awards
Septemberfest of the Bayerische Staatsoper (World Premiere)
56. Internationale Hofer Filmtage
52. International Film Festival Rotterdam (International Premiere)
32. FilmFestival Cottbus
44. Biberacher Filmfestspiele
32. Kinofest Lünen
16. Ahrenshooper Filmnächte
Curaçao International Film Festival, 2023
Grand Prix, Golden Prague 2023
Nomination for Quarterly Critic's Choice 1.2024, Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik

Facts

Prog. No.
6845
Music genre
Entertainment
Length
108 mins
Director
Axel Ranisch
Producers
EuroArts Music, schöne neue filme & SEHR GUTE FILME in co-production with BR/Arte
Production year
2022
Format
HD