After their mother's death, inseparable siblings Luke and Maggie drift apart in their struggle in dealing with grief, only to reunite at a special place.
A bachelor project from Vanessa Rösgen and Christoph Manderscheid.
7. Semester, 2022
Supervised by: Prof. Alexander Herzog and Wolfram Gruß
Motion Pictures
Manchmal will ich schreien
Drama, 19 min.
Synopsis: Until the death of their mother, the two siblings Luke and Maggie were inseparable. Since both don’t know how to deal with grief, an increasing distance grows between them – until they find themselves at a special place after an argument.
Premiered at the Film Festival Max Ophüls Preis
Festival Selections:
– FILMZ – Festival des deutschen Kinos
Crew list
Director & Screenplay & Producer: Vanessa Rösgen
Director of photography: Christoph Manderscheid
Production manager: Amanda Geier
Gaffers: Meta Jülicher, Nadine Habash, Sinan Kleb
Editor: Jakob Bauer
Music: Christoph Manderscheid
Sound: Paul Fleck
Costume designer: Paisano Pililao
Production designer: Juliane Oheimer,
Jennifer Nedlin, Noreen Erkardas
1st assistant camera: Johannes Tran
2nd assistant camera: Luca Meyer
Script continuity: Eline Weßkamp
Assistant production manager: Samuel Niccum,
Tobias Meßenzehl, Romy Sukiennik
Aufnahmeleitung: Eline Weßkamp, Samuel Niccum,
Jana Münster
Sound mixer: Tobias Wolf, Christian Jeczmyk,
Tobias Frey, Tim Roggenberg
Best boy/girl: Meta Jülicher, Wiebke Erhard,
Aurelia Langhanke, Jana Münster, Tim Rogasch
Requisite: Jennifer Nedlin
Make up: Meriem Bouda, Eline Weßkamp
Making of: Stefanie Barth
Scenes from the film:
Director’s Commentary
I believe we all know the situation: Someone passes away, we wish „my sincere condolences“, and then we fall into an uncomfortable silence. When my mother passed away in the summer of 2019, I experienced this situation frequently. Most relatives and friends were overwhelmed. There were clichés, or everything was avoided as much as possible.
Even in my own family, there are still awkward or weird moments. We never really found the perfect way to deal with it. As I over time delved deeper into the subject of grief, I realized that many people feel similarly to me. Instead of talking, we often remain silent.
In movies, death is often touched upon only briefly. But there is usually only an „before“ and „long after“ – almost never a „during it“ or „shortly after.“ Rarely is „grief“ truly portrayed as a central point. It’s strange: death and grief eventually touch all of us. And yet, the topic remains a taboo.
