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Film

What Remains

Chiara Fleischhacker, Germany, 2018

8 min.Short fiction

At the end of her wedding day, the bride Elaha has locked herself in the bathroom. The last guests are waiting impatiently outside the door, but only her two closest friends are allowed to enter. Secretly they want to insert an artificial hymen inside her, but Elaha is hesitating. Is it not completely bizarre to start a marriage with a lie? Torn between tradition and her own morality, she has to take the right decision. The clock is ticking and the bathroom seems to be getting smaller and smaller.
Basic information Credits
Original title Was bleibt
Danish title Før bryllupsnatten
Keywords Cultural identity, Religion, Sexuality, Sexual debut, Friendship, Identity
Director Chiara Fleischhacker
Screenplay Milena Aboyan
Director of Photography Pierre Enz
Editor Kaspar Zoth
Sound Johanna Roth
Production designer Almut Fischer, Gerlinde Arand, Mareike Reinhold
Appearance Soma Pysall, Leyla Dastan, Suri Abbassi
Production country Germany
Online release 06.04.2021, Filmcentralen
Danish rating Allowed for all
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Companies

Production company Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Co-production ARTE, La Fémis

Direction

Direction Chiara Fleischhacker

Script

Screenplay Milena Aboyan

Production

Executive producer Antonia Bernkopf
Executive producer Martina Droandi

Cinematography

Cinematographer Pierre Enz

Editing

Editor Kaspar Zoth

Music

Music Mieke Stein

Production design

Production designer Almut Fischer
Production designer Gerlinde Arand
Production designer Mareike Reinhold

Sound

Sound designer Johanna Roth

Visual effects

Motion Design Erwin Kopeng

Appearance

Appearance Soma Pysall
Appearance Leyla Dastan
Appearance Suri Abbassi

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