A PURE PLACE
FEATURE FILM – 2021
The siblings Paul and Irina grow up on a remote Greek island as part of the religious community led by the enigmatic Fust. Alongside other children, they live in the filth of the basement beneath Fust’s pristine villa. There, they are forced to produce a special soap, revered by the sect members as a sacred symbol of absolute purity. When the guru takes notice of Irina and chooses her to live with him in the villa, Paul feels abandoned. As Irina rises in status, events spiral increasingly out of control, leading to a descent into violence. Paul must rescue his sister before it’s too late, as the sect is already preparing her deadly fate.
SCREENPLAY Nikias Chryssos, Lars Henning Jung
DIRECTOR Nikias Chryssos
CINEMATOGRAPHY Yoshi Heimrath
PRODUCTION DESIGN Marcel Beranek
EDITOR Stephan Bechinger, Carsten Eder
COSTUME DESIGN Anna Wübber
MAKE UP Stefanie Heiss CAST Sam Louwyck, Greta Bohacek, Claude Heinrich, Daniel Sträßer, Daniel Fripan, Wolfgang Czeczor, Lena Lauzemis PLATFORM ZDF kleines Fernsehspiel DISTRIBUTOR Koch Films
SUPPORTED BY Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg, Das Kuratorium junger deutscher Film, Deutscher FilmFörderFonds, FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, Medien – und Filmgesellschaft Baden Württemberg, Ekome Media, Greek Film Centre CO-PRODUCED BY Viewmaster Films