EATING THE SILENCE
Rolf, a hemiplegic, spends his days dozing on a sofa bed in his dusty apartment. On TV, he learns of a deadly pandemic sweeping around the globe. When his nurse fails to visit him, Rolf realizes that his survival is anything but certain.
2021, short fiction, 23, with Manfred Liechti, Meret Bodamer, Alireza Bayram, written and directed by Joël Jent and Ali Al-Fatlawi, produced by Sophia Rubischung for Aaron Film (Switzerland), coproduced by A Blink Film (Switzerland), Urakypost Film Production and Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion, cinematography by Quinn Evan Reimann, sound by Mourad Keller & Joshua Roth & Ishmael Gresham, edited by Jann Anderegg, original score composed by Marcel Vaid, production design by Michael Baumgartner and Fabian Lüscher, Hair&Make-Up by Melanie Rohr, Picture Postproduction by Moritz Peters, Rolf Lang & Ali Al-Fatlawi, Sounddesign and Mix by Kurt Human
Festivals (a selection) 10th Jozi Film Festival Johannesburg 2021 / 26th Flickers Rhode Island Int. Film Festival 2021.