Rimini

63rd TIFF: Greek Premiere

Rimini in winter. A group of older hotel guests is blissfully enjoying Richie Bravo singing about tears that hurt. But when his daughter holds up a mirror to his pathos, the past catches up with this star of schmaltz who conquers hearts and bodies.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Direction: Ulrich Seidl

Script: Ulrich Seidl, Veronika Franz

Cinematography: Wolfgang Thaler

Editing: Mona Willi

Sound: Klaus Kellermann, Matz Müller

Music: Fritz Ostermayer, Herwig Zamernik

Actors: Michael Thomas, Tessa Göttlicher, Hans-Michael Rehberg, Inge Maux, Claudia Martini, Georg Friedrich

Production: Ulrich Seidl Filmproduktion

Producers: Ulrich Seidl

Co-production: Parisienne de Production, Essential Films

Co-producers: Philippe Bober

Costumes: Tanja Hausner

Production Design: Andreas Donhauser, Renate Sturminger-Martin

Executive producer: Sarah Nagel, Isabell Wiegand, Dan Wechsler, Jamal Zeinal-Zade, Andreas Roald

Make Up: Claudia Goetz

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: Austria, France, Germany

Production Year: 2022

Duration: 115΄

Contact: Coproduction Office

Awards/Distinctions: Diagonale Grand Prize – Diagonale 2022 , FIPRESCI Prize for Best Film – Palic FF 2022

Ulrich Seidl

Ulrich Maria Seidl is an Austrian film director, writer, and producer. Among other awards, his film Dog Days won the Grand Jury Prize at Venice in 2001. His 2012 film Paradise: Love competed for the Palme d’Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. The sequel Paradise: Faith won the Special Jury Prize at the 69th Venice International Film Festival. The final part of the trilogy, Paradise: Hope, premiered in competition at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival. In 2011, the 52nd Thessaloniki IFF presented a tribute to his oeuvre.