The day that disappeared in the purse

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Movie
Original title The day that disappeared in the purse
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 2000
length 45 minutes
Rod
Director Marion Kainz
script Marion Kainz
camera Marion Kainz
occupation
  • Eva Mauerhoff (the old woman)

The day that disappeared in the handbag is a documentary film by the German director Marion Kainz from the year 2000. It depicts the life of a woman suffering from Alzheimer's disease who lives in a senior citizens' home in Duisburg . The first broadcast took place on April 4, 2001 on WDR . The film was awarded the Grimme Prize in 2002.

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The camera, led by Marion Kainz herself, accompanies an old woman (Eva Mauerhoff) through her life in a retirement home. Ms. Mauerhoff makes a worried, sometimes frightened impression, which is mainly expressed by speaking in a whisper to the (woman behind the) camera. She is particularly concerned that, on the one hand, she does not know where she is, who all the people around her are and what is actually going on. She feels like the victim of a large-scale conspiracy.

In fact, however, Ms. Mauerhoff, without noticing it, gradually loses her memory and has therefore been living in this home for some time. She describes to the camera the impressions that seem confusing and generally unsettling to her, some of which are not without a certain bizarre , which also explains the film's title: In one scene the old woman rummages in her handbag and is asked what she is doing there . Your answer: “ I'm probably looking for yesterday. "

Prizes and awards

In addition to the Grimme Prize, the film received numerous other awards, such as B. the prize of the audience jury " Marler Gruppe ", the 1st prize as well as the audience prize of the Hamburg Short Film Festival 2000, the "FIPA d'argent" 2001 and the German Short Film Prize .

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