Director
Susanne Heinrich
Starring
Marie Rathscheck
Run Time
80 mins
Release Year
2019
Country of Origin
Germany
Language
German
Director of Photography: Agnesh Pakozdi
Editor: Susanne Heinrich, Benjamin Mirguet
Produced by: Jana Kreissl, Philippe Bober, Till Gerstenberger
Music: Moritz Sembritzki, Mathias Bloech
Screenplay by: Susanne Heinrich
Production Designer: Jeanne Louet, Miren Oller, Nora Willy
Sound Production: Wiebke Köplin, Niklas Kammertöns
Aren't You Happy? (Das melancholische Mädchen)
Part of the European Perspectives Strand
With a vibrant colour palette, self-consciously kitsch staging and a jazz-band score, writer-director Susanne Heinrich’s film is clever and witty, delving into life, love and relationships for the modern woman. A nameless young woman (Marie Rathscheck) is a writer with writing issues. She searches for meaning to life and a bed for the night, meets various men, rides a unicorn, and is encouraged to have a child as a cure for her narcissism. Always ironic and playful, Aren’t You Happy? is an oddball pleasure. [15]
Aren't You Happy? is nominated for the 2019 Award for Best International Feature Film.
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