PINGPONG

Matthias Luthardt

MONDAY JANUARY 15 7PM CASTRO

Sixteen-year-old Paul, whose father recently committed suicide, shows up unannounced at his uncle’s suburban house one summer day declaring his intention to stay for a while. This isn’t a family that enjoys discussing sensitive matters, so Uncle Stefan and Aunt Anna accept Paul with no questions asked. Paul makes himself useful by cleaning up the swimming pool. Anna’s frostiness thaws a bit towards Paul but she still ignores her own son Robert. When Uncle Stefan leaves on a business trip, Paul’s sexual attraction to his aunt grows bolder, but she appears not to notice. In order to avoid conversations or tasks, the boys head for the ping-pong table... - Courtesy of Film Festival Montreal

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Country
Germany
Year
2006
Run Time
35mm, 89 min, color
German with
English subtitles
Cast
Sebastian
Urzendowsky
Marion
Mitterhammer
Clemens Berg
Falk Rockstroh
Camera
Christian Marohl
Screenwriter
Meike Hauck
Matthias Luthardt
Printsource
media luna
entertainment GmbH
Email
idamartins@
medialuna-entertainment.de
Awards
Cannes Film
Festival 2006:
SACD Screenwriting Award.
Young Critics Award
Best Feature.

Director

Matthias Luthardt
was born in 1972 in Leiden, Netherlands. After studying German, French and Rhetoric in Tübingen, Paris, and Hamburg, he graduated in directing at the Film Academy Konrad Wolf in Potsdam-Babelsberg. PINGPONG is his directing and screenwriting feature film debut, but he also has several documentaries and short films to his credit.