InstituteFestivalProfessionals
EN/NL
Donate
Loading...
MyIDFA
Arlette - Courage Is a Muscle
About IDFA
Archive
Arlette - Courage Is a Muscle
IDFA 2015

Arlette - Courage Is a Muscle

Arlette - Mut ist ein Muskel
Florian Hoffmann
Switzerland, Germany
2015
84 min
International Premiere
Festival history

The film centers around Arlette, a 15-year old girl from the Central African Republic who suffered severe injuries during the last war. In Berlin a surgery frees her from her year-long pain. But then war breaks out again in her homeland. What was planned to be a short stay in Berlin turns into a journey without a foreseeable end. Arlette is forced to grow up and take her own decisions about her future.
This film is a long-term observation – told resolutely from the perspective of a young girl from the Central African Republic.

Credits
Director
Involved TV Channel
    SRF,
    3sat
    SRF,
    3sat
Screening copy
    Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (dffb)
    Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (dffb)