Arlette. Courage Is a Muscle
Directed by
Central African Republic, Germany, Switzerland
2015
84 min
- French
- German
Documentary
A young woman from the Central African Republic, whose knee is injured by a stray bullet, shows her agony on camera. Somebody in Germany sees the pictures and decides to get care for her. She therefore spends a year of her adolescence in a hospital room, with doctors, physiotherapists… and her desire to return to her home country. A surprising portrait overcome by an irresistible love of life.
Festivals
Labels & Line Ups
Credits
- Screenplay
- Florian Hoffmann
- Cinematography
- Katharina Diessner
- Matilda Mester
- Editing
- Sven Kulik
- Music
- Martina Colli
- Production
- PS FILM GMBH
Florian Hoffmann
Germany
Florian Hoffmann was born in 1987 in Berlin. After his engagement as a development aid worker in West Africa, he completed his study in Social Anthropology and Social Sciences at the University of Basle (Switzerland). Meanwhile, he contributed to numerous documentary films as AD. Since 2011 he has been studying to be a director at the Film and Television Academy Berlin (dffb) and now directs his own movies.