Wald
Feature Film, AT 2023, Farbe, 100 min., OmeU
Diagonale 2024
Director, Script: Elisabeth Scharang
Cast: Brigitte Hobmeier, Gerti Drassl, Bogdan Dumitrache, Johannes Krisch u.a.
Camera: Jörg Widmer
Editor: Alarich Lenz
Location Sound: William Edouard Franck
Music: Hania Rani
Sounddesign: Veronika Hlawatsch
Production Design: Nina Salak
Costumes: Carola Pizzini
Additional Credits: Mischung: Manuel Grandpierre
Producers: Michael Katz, Veit Heiduschka
Production: Wega Filmproduktion
Marian (Brigitte Hobmeier) returns to the house of her deceased grandmother in a rural area, the Waldviertel. She wants to find her footing again in the solitude of nature, but the place where she spent her childhood turns into one of confrontation, not only with the people from the village, but also with herself. Elisabeth Scharang found inspiration for her modern heimatdrama in Doris Knecht’s eponymous novel. A story of growth and about forgiveness as an emotional tour de force.