EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Veit Helmer’s The Bra
- The German director is collaborating once again with Miki Manojlović on a poetic tragicomedy that will premiere at the 31st Tokyo International Film Festival
The Bra [+see also:
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This is the story told in Veit Helmer’s latest tale about the search for love and belonging. The German director has previously explored similar territory in his films Absurdistan [+see also:
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film profile], and he is now making a return to Azerbaijan. Helmer is also collaborating once again with acclaimed Serbian actor Miki Manojlović, after Gate to Heaven, and the cast also includes Paz Vega, Chulpan Khamatova, Denis Lavant and Maia Morgenstern. The Bra is set to have its world premiere in the Official Competition of the 31st Tokyo International Film Festival (25 October-3 November).
The Bra was produced by Germany’s Veit Helmer – Filmproduktion and Tsiako Abesadze with SR, SWR and NDR, and with the support of the BKM, FFA, DFFF and MDM. German sales agent Pluto Film is handling the world sales.
Check out our exclusive trailer below:
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