Monday, 31.03.
13:45, Annenhof Kino 5

Pfau – Bin ich echt?

Feature Film, AT/DE 2024, DCP, 102 min, OmeU + VI

Matthias, played by Albrecht Schuch with great satirical skill, is the operator and main protagonist of the reputable escort service “My Companion.” People can book him as a model father, an exemplary son, or a sophisticated companion. He lives in a luxury villa with a pool and a wife who is blonde like him. Everything is perfect. Until the façade is challenged by the set pieces of so-called real life. In his feature film debut, Bernhard Wenger transforms difficult topics, such as loneliness and an inner void, to a precise and biting tragicomedy.

Director: Bernhard Wenger
Script: Bernhard Wenger
Cast: Albrecht Schuch, Julia Franz Richter, Anton Noori, Theresa Frostad Eggesbø, Salka Weber, Maria Hofstätter, Branko Samarovski, Tilo Nest, Christopher Schärf, Marlene Hauser
Camera: Albin Wildner
Editor: Rupert Höller
Location Sound: Ken Rischard
Music: Lukas Lauermann
Sounddesign: Ines Vorreiter
Production Design: Katharina Haring
Costumes: Gitti Fuchs
Producers: Michael Kitzberger, Wolfgang Widerhofer, Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Markus Glaser
Production: NGF – Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion
Co-production: CALA Filmproduktion (DE)
World Sales: MK2 Films
Distribution in Austria: Polyfilm
Funded by: ÖFI+
ÖFI – Österreichisches Filminstitut
FFW – Filmfonds Wien
ORF Film/Fernseh-Abkommen
FFA
ZDF/Arte
Land Niederösterreich Kultur
Land Salzburg Kultur
La Résidence de la Cinéfondation, Festival de Cannes
Creative Europe Media
World Premiere: Internationale Filmfestspiele Venedig Settimana della critica 2024
Austrian Premiere: Viennale 2024
Kinostart: 20.02.2025
Production format: digital