Der Kuss des Grashüpfers
The Kiss of the Grasshopper- Director
- Elmar Imanov
- Country
- Germany, Luxemburg, Italy
- Year
- 2025
- Genre
- Fiction
- Scriptwriters
- Elmar Imanov
- Cast
- Lenn Kudrjawizki, Michael Hanemann, Sophie Mousel, Rasim Jafarov
- Production
- COLOR OF MAY, Wady Films, Incipit Film, WDR
Storyline
Bernard, a stoic, middle-aged writer with a sheep for roommate, leads an obsessively structured life in a lavish penthouse overlooking the city of Cologne. When his father Carlos, with whom he shares a knotty relationship, suffers an assault and falls ill, Bernard’s volatile reality grows even more shaky. He is hurled into a series of surreal, enigmatic encounters featuring his drifting girlfriend Agata, a neighbour defying gravity and perhaps time, unconcerned cops, overconcerned functionaries and even a six-foot grasshopper. In his second feature, The Kiss of the Grashopper, Elmar Imanov forges a dark, progressively mysterious odyssey through loss, grief and unexpected compassion. His nakedly psychoanalytical film unfurls like an arcane tapestry, a symbolic minefield overflowing with displaced figures, events and objects whose specific meanings may feel elusive, but whose potency and personal quality are unmistakable. With a rigorous, highly stylized mise en scène, Imanov engineers a visually arresting world governed by dream logic, where the rational casually coexists with the bizarre. The result is a work that never ceases to surprise, confound and provoke thought.
Festivals & Academy awards and others
Berlin International Film Festival 2025
Forum (Special)
Call for proposals Development
Media support 50.000 €
CREA-MEDIA-2020-DEVSPFIC
