Opening Film Generation Cleo-If I could turn back time

OFFICIAL SELECTION GENERATION Kplus / OPENING FILM  

CLEO – IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME

By Erik Schmitt

Original Title : CLEO

Cast : Marleen Lohse, Max Mauff, Andrea Sawatzki, Jeremy Mockridge, Heiko Pinkowski,

Screenplay : Stephanie Renn, Erik Schmitt

Producers : Fabian Gasmia, Detailfilm

Germany – 2019 – German – 99 min

Official screening

Friday, 08.02.2019 / 15:30h HKW,

John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10

Director Erik Schmitt’s short films have been shown at more than 100 international film festivals and taken over 100 awards. CLEO – IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME is his debut feature film and was selected as the Opening Film at the Berlin International Film Festival – Generation. The visually surprising film is full of poetry and loving attention to detail, taking the audience on a very special journey through Berlin. Marleen Lohse gives a stunning performance as the moony Cleo and Max Mauff (“Victoria”, “Sense 8”) and Andrea Sawatzki (“The Experiment”, “The Other Boy”, “Bandits”) round out the cast.

Synopsis : 

A magic clock which can turn back time - the imaginative Cleo has dreamt of finding it ever since she first heard about this lost gem. When she meets Paul, who recently came across a treasure map, she teams up with him and sets off on a topsy-turvy journey through time and across the pulsating city of Berlin.