Project Detail

Atomen

Synopsis

An ugly moment in a Berlin bar knocks Yasmina from her usual path and launches us into a series of encounters in a precarious world, beyond the neon and the billboards.
Inspired by Schnitzler’s 19th century play, Reigen (La Ronde), ATOMEN careers through the everyday lives and dilemmas of our characters, laying bare the alienation and disenfranchisement, and at the same time the longing for love and connection, even if the pursuit of this almost always fails…..
In this world, this world of late capitalism, where faith is lost, and truth is lost, and all are told to only care for themselves, how do people root themselves, find meaning, find enough hope to make life worth living – a life, as Freud said, of ordinary unhappiness, rather than extraordinary alienation?

Details

Year
2021
Type of project
Features
Running time
115 min
Format
4K video
Director
Kate Cragg 1st Feature
Producer
Daniel Landin, Kate Cragg
Co-Producer
Simone Grattarola, James Allen, Carol McGuigan, Mike Skrgatic
Editor
Sam Hodge
Screenwriter
Kate Cragg
Director of Photography
Daniel Landin bsc
Production Designer
Steve Mirrors
Sound
Nina Hartstone, Louise Burton
Composer
E Landin
Principal cast
Michaela Casper, Paula Bellaguarda, Laurean Wagner, Hadi Khanjanpour

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Production Status

Production Company

Chalkcross Films

43 Cambridge Street
London SW1V 4PR

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