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A woman with blonde hair and bangs walks away from stone ruins on a hill. She wears a blue button-up shirt and has a backpack slung over her shoulder. Dry hills and a dirt road expand beyond her, a dusty sky over the horizon.

The Dreamed Adventure Das geträumte Abenteuer

  Valeska Grisebach  |  Germany, France, Bulgaria, Austria

A seemingly sleepy Bulgarian border town is expertly excavated when Said (a local worker reacclimating to an old life) and Veska (an archaeologist home to initiate a dig near the Turkish border) return home after extended time away. When Said mysteriously vanishes, Veska takes it upon herself to track him down. Suddenly thrust into the role of intrepid gumshoe, she begins to uncover a seedy, criminal underbelly as she reconnects with the community and navigates run-ins with a patriarchal network of bootleggers, kingpins, and human traffickers.

Deploying a bold cinematic language all her own, auteur Valeska Grisebach sculpts an engrossing, slow-burn epic. A daring, innovative narrative structure tracks Veska’s journey, unearthing a dense, complex portrait of immigrant life on the lawless border.

 Bulgarian 

 164 minutes

Screenings & Events

Screening

Sat, Oct 17 @ 8:15pm

at AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 01
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Festival passes can be used for this screening.

Screening

Mon, Oct 19 @ 12:30pm

at AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 04
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Festival passes can be used for this screening.

Film Credits

  • Maren Ade, Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski
  • Lisa Bierwirth, Valeska Grisebach
  • Yana Radeva, Syuleyman Letifov
  • Komplizen Film

Sponsors

International Competition Program Patron

John and Jacolyn Bucksbaum Family Foundation

Cultural Support

Logo: German Film Office 141x125Logo: Austrian Cultural Forum - 348x100

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