BADEN BADEN

Rachel Lang

Belgium, France 93 min min Fiction

Synopsis

After a failed attempt at working on a foreign film set, 26 year-old Ana returns to her hometown of Strasbourg. Over the scorching summer that follows, she decides to replace her grandmother’s bathtub with a walk-in shower, eat peas and carrots with ketchup, drive porsche, harvest plums, lose her drive’s licens, sleep with her best friend and get back together with her ex. In short, over this particular summer, Anna tries to get her life together. Spanish première

* Festivals and awards
Berlinale

Winner of award:

Filmmaker

Rachel Lang

Rachel Lang was born in Strasbourg, France (1984). After combing studies in philosophy at the Marc Boch Academy of Strasbourg for two year, she entered IAD Film School in Belgium. Her graduation short film Pour toi je ferai bataille (2010) was awared the silver Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival. Les navets blancs empêchent de dormir (2011) is the second part of a triology of films of wich her internationally acclaimed graduation film was the start. Baden Baden will mark the end of the trilogy.

Filmography: Baden Baden (2015), Les navets blancs empêchent de dormir (2011, curt), Pour toi je ferai bataille (2010, curt)

Rachel Lang

Film information

Director: Rachel Lang
Script: Rachel Lang
Contact: Jour2fête
With: Salomé Richard, Claude Gensac, Swann Arlaud, Zabou Breitman
Country: Belgium, France
Year: 2016
Format: DCP
Length: 93 min min
Language: French
Subtitles: Spanish, English
Edition: 2016