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Yella

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Directed by Christian Petzold
Germany, 2007
Drama, Romance, Thriller
  • German
  • English

Synopsis

Yella has decided to leave her small town in eastern Germany for a new life on the other side of the Elbe. But strange voices and sounds are plaguing Yella—truths from her past coming back to haunt her.

Yella Directed by Christian Petzold
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Awards & Festivals

Berlin International Film Festival

2007 | 2 wins including: Silver Bear for Best Actress

Edinburgh International Film Festival

2007

Chicago International Film Festival

2007

Jerusalem Film Festival

2018

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Cast & Crew

Articles from the Notebook

What Matter is Memory? Christian Petzold and His Movies

A retrospective at New York’s Film Society of Lincoln Center spotlights Christian Petzold, the preeminent “Berlin School” director.
jessica r felrice

Critics reviews

The tragedy of the story, of course, is that even in her dream, even at the very moment when she is afforded the chance to imagine how her life might have been, Yella’s desire is ultimately blocked; and what blocks her desire to be sutured more intensively into the game of venture capitalism is precisely the nature of desiring production in the age of venture capitalism itself…
March 31, 2009
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