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A Ship is Coming

Pepe PLANITZER

Germany2002 100min 35mm Color Asian Premiere

Synopsis

Bruno is in his fifties and he allows his mother to persuade him to buy a wife from an agency. Through a misunderstanding, he thinks that the prostitute Anita is his fiancee, but it becomes apparent that this woman is at war with the agency, which turns out to be a criminal front. At that point, this mixture of gangster thriller, political parody, children’s fantasy film and love drama really comes to life.

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Pepe PLANITZER

Born in Berlin, Germany in 1969, Pepe Planitzer worked as a production manager with the DEFA Documentary Film Studio for directors such as Thomas Heisse and Sibylle Schnemann. Then he studied directing in Babelsberg. He has worked since 1999 as a writer and director. A Ship is Coming is his debut directorial feature.