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    Arlette. Courage is a Muscle.

    Florian HOFFMANN 2015 Switzerland, Germany Documentary color 86min German DCP
    A journey from Africa to Berlin turns into a journey from childhood to adulthood. The film centres around Arlette, a 15-year old girl from the Central African Republic who suffered severe injuries during the last war. In Berlin, a surgery frees her from her year-long pain. This changes her both physically and mentally. War breaks out again in her homeland. What was planned to be a short stay in Berlin turns into a journey without a foreseeable end. Alrette is forced to grow up and make her own decisions. Stranded in Berlin, the young girl has to face a foreign culture and a language she doesn't speak. This film is a long-term observation told through the honest eyes of Arlette.

    Director

    Florian HOFFMANN

    After his Abitur (German baccalaureate), Florian HOFFMANN worked in the development cooperation in West Africa. Afterwards he completed studies in ethnology, sociology and political science at the University of Basel. Since 2011, he is a student of the directing class of the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin.

    Florian HOFFMANN

    • 2015 Arlette. Courage is a Muscle.《中非少女漂流記》
    • 2015 Hotel der Diktatoren
    • 2011 Zuhause die Welt
    • 2010 Larissa

    Direction & Writer: Florian HOFFMANN 

    Producer: Tim Oliver SCHULTZ 

    Director of Photography: Katharina DIESSNER & Mathilda MESTER 

    Editor: Sven KULIK

    Music: Martina COLLI

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