LUCICA AND HER CHILDREN

by Bettina Braun
  • 2017 B’Braun Filmproduktion | Bettina Braun
  • 2017 B’Braun Filmproduktion | Bettina Braun
  • 2017 B’Braun Filmproduktion | Bettina Braun

    Synopsis

    29-year-old Lucica, a Roma from Romania and mother of six children, is constantly struggling to make ends meet.

    Despite the family's efforts to build a better future in Germany, life for Lucica and the children becomes more and more difficult: her flat is too small, the electricity is cut off, they have problems with the neighbours, school and the new language, and Lucica‘s husband and the father of her children is in prison.
    The film follows the family closely over a period of one-and-a-half years.
    But closeness also brings expectations.
    Who needs who here?
    An unlikely heroine‘s journey and a film about giving and taking.

    Festivals

    NRW-Award for Best Documentary at Filmfestival Cologne

    festivals a.o.
    33rd DOK.fest Munich
    Crossing Europe, Linz
    Filmfestival Cologne
    40th Filmfestspiele Biberach
    42nd Duisburger Filmwoche

    Cast and Crew

    Director

    Bettina Braun

    Producer

    Bettina Braun

    Editor

    Gesa Marten, Bettina Braun

    DoP

    Jennifer Günther, Beate Scherer

    Commissioning Editor

    Katya Mader (ZDF/3sat), Daniel Schössler (ZDF/3sat)