Sweet Disaster

  • Director

    Laura Lehmus

  • Country, Year, Length

    Germany, 2021, 1 hour 30 minutes

  • Category

    Narrative Feature

  • Format

    Arri Alexa Mini

  • Festival Year

    2022

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Synopsis

Frida unexpectedly falls pregnant and Felix, the father of her child, breaks up with her to re-unite with his ex. Although some serious health problems caused by the late pregnancy force Frida to rest, she still tries to get Felix back, using methods which are absurd, exaggerated and sometimes hilarious.

Credits

Laura Lehmus, Director
Ruth Toma, Writer
Markus Kaatsch, Producer
Nina Poschinski, Producer
Michael Grudsky, Producer
Christian Becker, Producer
Oliver Schwabe, Producer
Laura Lehmus, Producer
Eva Habermann, Producer
Friederike Kempter, Key Cast, “Frida Pepponen”
Florian Lukas, Key Cast, “Felix Kreuzer”
Lena Urzendowsky, Key Cast, “Yolanda Mersmann”
Lasse Myhr, Key Cast, “Jack Johnson”
Katharina Behrens, Key Cast, “Dora Werkshage”
Anne Bolick, DOP
Boris Goltz, Music
Andreas Menn, Editing

Director Biography

Laura Lehmus was born in 1972 in Finland. She studied fine arts at F+F School in Zurich & audiovisual media at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne. After a long stopover in Berlin and Helsinki, in 2019 Laura finally settled in Düsseldorf from where she works as director, on-air producer and art director for film and TV, among others for ARTE, Nickelodeon, YLE, Solarfilm Helsinki. Her short film ALIENATION has won several awards such as the German Short Film Award (2015) – Lola Award in Gold in the category Animated Film. It became one of the three most successful German short films in 2016 (FFA Filmförderungsanstalt). SWEET DISASTER is Laura’s feature film debut, scheduled for festival release in late 2021 and German theatrical release in autumn 2022.