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Elli

Elli

20200h 29m

Overview

Elli works as a techno DJ and loves electronic music. She has a daughter named Toni, who mostly grows up with her father. The 9-year-old girl is only with her on weekends. They have planned a mother-daughter weekend, but suddenly Elli is offered an important gig at an electronic music festival. Finally playing in front of a big audience again, feeling the ecstasy and intoxication of the night. Through the music she escapes the stagnation, the desolation, the role model of the conventional mother and the narrowness of the provincial town. Torn between maternal missing her and asserting herself in her life, Elli tries to be there for Toni and at the same time to live her dreams without restrictions.

Directed by Vivien Hartmann
Written by Vivien Hartmann
Produced by Friederike Weykamp, Ann-Katrin Boberg
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Top Cast

H

Hanna Binder

Elli

B

Blanca-Sveva Keune

Toni

A

Amine Ardhaoui

Malik

S

Susann Toni Wagner

Frau Winter

J

Julian Härtner

Herr Burggrund

T

Tobias Loth

Festivalorganisator

Juri Padel

Juri Padel

Nino

Florentine Schara

Florentine Schara

Imbisschefin

H

Hakan Icoglu

Bargast

L

Lukas Stopczynski

Barmann

Themes & Keywords

music festivaldjelectronic musictechno musicwomen in filmmother daughter relationship

About Elli

Elli is a drama, music film released in 2020 exploring themes of music festival, dj, electronic music, techno music, women in film, mother daughter relationship. Directed by Vivien Hartmann, it stars Hanna Binder, Blanca-Sveva Keune, Amine Ardhaoui. Elli works as a techno DJ and loves electronic music. She has a daughter named Toni, who mostly grows up with her father. The 9-year-old girl is only with her on weekends. They have planned a mother-daughter weekend, but suddenly Elli is offered an important gig at an electronic music festival. Finally playing in front of a big audience again, feeling the ecstasy and intoxication of the night. Through the music she escapes the stagnation, the desolation, the role model of the conventional mother and the narrowness of the provincial town. Torn between maternal missing her and asserting herself in her life, Elli tries to be there for Toni and at the same time to live her dreams without restrictions.

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