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Director Holger Ernst

CREDITS Written and directed by: HOLGER ERNST Produced by: PETER SCHWARTZKOPFF KATJA SIEGEL ALEX GIBNEY Executive Producer: WIM WENDERS Director of Photography STEFAN GRANDINETTI Camera MATHIAS SCHÖNINGH Set Designer AMANDA FORD Music MARKUS GLUNZ Film Editor SILKE BOTSCH

Nicole Vicius as Valerie and Joe Petrilla as Mike

LINKS

Cannes Film Festival Website

The House is Burning at the
Cannes Film Festival

www.thehouseisburning.com

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SYNOPSIS

One day. One night. A group of teenagers struggles to find their way in a world that offers them few choices. Abused, abandoned or let down by the adults in their lives, uncertain in their personal relationships, angry at a hypocritical corporate world and dismissive of religion that promises a better life in the next world, they try to make their own way. In 24 hours, Mike will leave for the army, following in his father's footsteps. His last day around family and friends turns into a war of emotions. His girlfriend Valerie, angry at him for leaving, rejects him. As he grapples with her decision, his friends are making their own bids for a better life. Phil, a smalltime drug dealer, is working for the big score that will set him up for good. Terry is joining the corporate world, but already understands the corruption the system asks for. Steve wants to free himself from his abusive father, decides to kill him and tries to get a gun. As the story unfolds, frustration erupts in a night of shattering violence, self-destruction and self-discovery. A closely photographed, metaphorical kaleidoscope of characters on the brink of growing up, facing the need to build a future, facing the past. A conflict of generations, lost dreams and shattered lives. A search for love, acknowledgement, acceptance, a future. THE HOUSE IS BURNING is at once a warning and a promise.