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The river used to be a man

A tour de force through the African Okavango swamp, blurring the boundaries between fiction and documentary.
Germany, 2011
Feature Film

synopsis

A young German travels through a country in Africa. He meets an old fisherman near a river, who takes him deep into the wilderness in his wooden boat. The next morning, he finds himself alone in the middle of an endless delta. Here his intimate battle with death, his fears and perceptions of the outside world begins.
After days of drifting through the wilderness, he ends up in a very isolated village, far away from civilization. But his odyssey is not over yet.

His continuous loss of control leads him further into a world far beyond his own comprehension.

Festivals & awards

  • New Directors Award - San Sebastián Film Festival 2012
  • Visions - Toronto International Film Festival 2012

Credits

STARRING

Alexander Fehling
Sariqo Sakega
Obusentswe Dreamar Manyima
Babotsa Sax'twee
Nx'apa Motswai

DIRECTOR

Jan Zabeil

WRITER

Jan Zabeil
Alexander Fehling

PRODUCER

Benny Drechsel
Karsten Stöter
Jan Zabeil

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Jakub Bejnarowicz

EDITING

Florian Miosge

SOUND RECORDING

Anton Feist
Magnus Pflüger

SOUND DESIGN

Uwe Bossenz

SOUND EDITOR

Lars Ginzel

COMISSIONING EDITORS

Stefanie Gross

SUPPORTED BY

Filmförderungsanstalt FFA

produced by

Rohfilm

in coproduction with

SWR
News
Contact
TWO TO ONE released in France on 28.08.24 by KMBO
ZWEI ZU EINS over 400.000 admission in Germany!
TWO TO ONE sells to further territories
ROW Pictures GmbH
Käthe-Kollwitz-Straße 77
04109 Leipzig / Germany

T +49 341 58 152 140
info@rowpictures.de


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