Filmaker: Jonas Rothlaender
Original title: Das Hemd
Translated title: The Shirt
Country: Germany
Production year: 2010
Format: HD
Length: 6’
Production: Arte / German Film and Television Academy Berlin
Productor: Louise von Johnston
Screenplay: Sebastian Bleyl, Jonas Rothlaender
Editing: Jonas Rothlaender
Photography: Alexander Haßkerl
Sound Editor: Julian Cropp
Walter, 62 years old and Markus, 28, are invited to a family wedding. The son is embarrassed by his father's appearance. Under the immaculate white shirt the outlines of a terrible thing are evident: his vest. In the men's toilets, the rite of undressing will take place. And not only. The power of the short film: describing the many emotional layers of a family relationship in only 6 minutes.
Jonas Rothlaender was born in 1982 in Luebeck. During school he wrote and published Short Stories in different Anthologies. After his social service he started to shoot several short films and worked as an assistant director. Since 2007 he studies Directing at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin - DFFB.
filmografia2011
Die Letzte Nacht (The Last Night) 2010
Das Hemd (The Shirt) 2010
Kaperfahrt (Walk the Plank) 2008
Trei Minute de Copilaire 2008
Undine 2007
Sounds of Silence 2007
Ich Bin Max (Max) 2005
Never-Ending Nights
"When Markus is watching his half-naked father, it seems like he is looking at himself. And suddenly Markus realizes the pointlessness of etiquette and social conventions if all they do is make us feel embarrassed for the people we love."
