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New Beginning

Partner: Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis

East Germany 1988: The exiled Chilean Luis is living a happy life with his German wife and their daughter. With the end of the military dictatorship in Chile this changes all of a sudden: Luis loses his refugee status in East Germany.

Details

Duration: 17min.

Country: Germany

Language: German, Spanish

Year: 2023

Genre: Fiction (Drama)

Topic: Discrimination, Exile, Family, Hispanic, Human Relationship, Human Rights, Identity, Immigration, Latino, Marriage, Memories, Politics, Racism, Refugees, Relationship, Work

Cast & Crew

Production company: University of Television and Film Munich

Writer: Mariella Santibáñez

Cinematographer: Manuel Lübbers

Editor: Sofía A. Machado

Actors: Nils Rovira-Muñoz, Eugénie Anselin, Ruby Mellahn, Thomas Rudnick, Nacha Torres, Jenny Löffler, Mario Klischies

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