DORA or The Sexual Neuroses of Our Parents
DCP/HD - Switzerland / Germany - 2015 - 90min - color - drama
DORA or The Sexual Neuroses of Our Parents
Original title: DORA oder Die sexuellen Neurosen unserer Eltern
A film by Stina Werenfels
Dora is 18 and bursting with curiosity. Her mother Kristin has recently taken Dora off her sedating medication. The learning disabled young woman throws herself into all that life has to offer – this includes an infatuation with a man. To Kristin’s horror the two have a spontaneous sexual encounter that soon develops into a liaison: the morally dubious man is clearly drawn to Dora’s uninhibited sexuality. While Kristin tries in vain for another child, Dora finds herself pregnant…
Original language: German
Produced by: Samir & Karin Koch - Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG
Festivals:
Berlinale 2015 - Panorama section
Swiss Film Award 2015, nominated in 4 sections / schweizerfilmpreis.ch/fr/nominations-2015/
Brussels film festival 2015 - Competition
Golden Apricot Yerevan, Armenia - Competition 2015
Swiss Film Panorama in Brazil 2015
Espoo Film Festival, Finland, 2015
MICGenero Festival, Mexico 2015
Cinematik Piestany International Film Festival, Slovakia, 2015
Split Film Festival, Croatie, 2015
Awards:
Brussels film festival 2015 - Cinelab Award for Best Image & Cineuropa Award
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Stina Werenfels
Born in Basel in 1964, Stina Werenfels spent her early childhood in the USA, Greece and Spain. Following her degree in Pharmacology, she went on to study film at the New York University (Tisch School of the Arts) in 1991 where she attended master classes by Spike Lee, Arthur Penn and Marketa Kimbrell. There she completed her studies with the prize winning short documentary "Fragments from the Lower East Side" (1994) describing the vanishing Jewish culture of New York’s neighbourhood. Back in Switzerland Werenfels shot "Pastry, Pain & Politics" (1998) for which she was given amongst other awards the Swiss Film Prize for best short film. Her first movie feature "Nachbeben" (2006) premiered at the Berlinale Panorama and went on to win several awards. Besides writing and directing, Stina Werenfels also teaches ‘acting for film’ at Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK).
