Saturn Returns

Germany, Israel

2009

97 Min

Color, Black and White

2.35:1

English, Hebrew, German, French

Subtitled in English

Audio in English

Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
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CAST Chloe Griffin, Tal Meiri, Joshua Bogle, Julien Binet, Martin Deckert, Heinz Emigholz, Imri Kahn, Sebastian Bodirsky, Namosh, René Schönenberger, Joseph Shamriz, Lior Shamriz

SOUND Assaf Gidron, Jochen Jezussek

Synopsis

Lucy, a privileged North American in contemporary Berlin, living a life of post Punk hedonism, roams the streets with her best friend, Derek. Together they use the city like a playground, a stage, and a never ending party. Into their lives enters Galia, a young Israeli woman carrying the promise of a better, cleaner way of living. A tribute to Punk underground films turns into a melodrama in Saturn Returns, mirroring Lucy and Galia’s modulating states of mind. Our and their look into each other’s life and culture, becomes an investigation of empty facades. The film was constructed by both improvised and pre-scripted scenes, as required by the nature of each scene. –IMDb

Director

Lior Shamriz

Lior Shamriz (Ashkelon, Israel, 1978) moved to Tel Aviv at 18 years of age to dedicate himself to visual arts and music. He then studied film at the Jerusalem Film School and at the Universität der Künste in Berlin. His self-produced medium-length film Japan Japan (2007) was presented at over fifty international events, including the festivals in Locarno and Sarajevo and BAFICI in Buenos Aires, as well as participating in the program dedicated to emerging directors at New York’s MoMA. His first feature-length film, Saturn Returns, was presented at the 2009 Torino Film Festival, was nominated for the Max Ophüls Award and received a prize at the Achtung Berlin Film Festival. –TFF