Absurdistan
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Veit Helmer
Kristyna Malerova
Max Mauff
Assign Planes
Annie Amiridze
Suzann Petricevic
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Somewhere between Asia and Europe lies the god-forsaken desert village of Absurdistan, which a grand total of 14 families somehow manage to call home. For the village, the biggest problem is water--but for the village women, the biggest problem is their lazy men, who won't lift a finger to remedy the situation. Here, the young Aya and Temelko, friends since birth, have reached the age where their friendship has turned to love. Unfortunately, the date that Aya's grandmother has determined to be ideal for their "first time" lies 4 years in the future, and to make matters worse, they must first bathe together. When Aya stubbornly tells Temelko that he must solve the water problem before he can come anywhere near her, the village women also take up the cry "No water, no sex," leaving the good-for-nothing men scratching their empty heads. Soon a crazy war of the sexes breaks out and they divide the town in half with barbed wire.
Director
Veit Helmer
Crew
Vincent Assmann
Serap Bahadir
Georgi Beridze
Zaza Buadze
Madona Chanturia
Vaja Djalagania
Mehriban Efendiyeva
Martin Fruhmorgen
Ahmet Golbol
Stefanie Gross
Veit Helmer
Veit Helmer
Jessica Horvathova
Robert Jager
Elnura Jivazade
Linda Kornemann
Suse Marquardt
Gordan Mihic
Erwin Prib
Bettina Ricklefs
Andreas Schreitmuller
Immo Trumpelmann
Shigeru Umebayashi
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States January 2008
Released in United States October 2008
Released in United States Winter February 6, 2009
Shown at Chicago International Film Festival (Main Competition) October 16-29, 2008.
Shown at Sundance Film Festival (World Cinema Dramatic Competition) January 17-27, 2008.
Loosely based on an actual incident in Turkey.
Released in United States January 2008 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (World Cinema Dramatic Competition) January 17-27, 2008.)
Released in United States Winter February 6, 2009 (LA)
Released in United States October 2008 (Shown at Chicago International Film Festival (Main Competition) October 16-29, 2008.)
