Valerie


1h 24m 2007

Brief Synopsis

Completely broke and without a job in the pipe line, Valerie, a model spoiled by years of success and luxury, is stranded in Berlin's Hyatt Hotel. It is Christmas Eve, her friends are busy and Valerie has nowhere to go. Incapable of dealing with her new situation she pretends to be a paying guest of

Film Details

Genre
Drama
Foreign
Holiday
Release Date
2007
Production Company
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (Zdf)

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 24m

Synopsis

Completely broke and without a job in the pipe line, Valerie, a model spoiled by years of success and luxury, is stranded in Berlin's Hyatt Hotel. It is Christmas Eve, her friends are busy and Valerie has nowhere to go. Incapable of dealing with her new situation she pretends to be a paying guest of the hotel. But when the manager discovers that she is using an invalid credit card, she can not show up at the front desk any longer. She sneaks into hotel rooms to take a shower and steal food until that does not work any longer. She ends up living in her car in the hotel's parking garage until the parking attendant discovers her illegal domicile and tries to put an end to her double life.

Film Details

Genre
Drama
Foreign
Holiday
Release Date
2007
Production Company
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (Zdf)

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 24m

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Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Winner of the Golden Starfish Award for Best Narrative Feature at the 2007 Hamptons International Film Festival.

Released in United States October 2007

Shown at Hamptons International Film Festival (Golden Starfish Award Narrative Competition) October 17-21, 2007.

Feature directorial debut for Birgit Moller.

Released in United States October 2007 (Shown at Hamptons International Film Festival (Golden Starfish Award Narrative Competition) October 17-21, 2007.)