Das Retirée

  • Runtime43 min
  • DirectorJulie Pfleiderer
  • GenreExperimental Documentary
  • Released2023

If you were to design your dream house now that you’re at the end of your life, what would it look like ?

This question from the filmmaker to her father, retired architect Karlhans Pfleiderer, is the starting point of Das Retirée or the last house of my father. Slowly but surely, the house takes form, first drawn on shifting layers of transparent paper, then glued into a scale model. Between the words and the gestures, the film of the daughter becomes the father’s last house, a space in which unspoken words, unfulfilled desires can appear, disclosing coping-mechanisms that have survived several generations.

 

Written and directed by JULIE PFLEIDERER in collaboration with LUCA MATTEI

delegate producer STEVEN DHOEDT I creative producer Daan Milius I director of photography THOMAS SCHIRA I sound recording JÖRG KIDROWKSI & JULIA HÜBNER  I editor LUCA MATTEI I scale models by JOCHEN SCHMITT-THELEN  I sound design & original music SIMONLUCA LAITEMPERGHER  I final mix LUCA LEPROTTI & RAF ENCKELS I Colorist CHIARA PONTUALI I motion graphics, titles & poster design ANNELIES VAES I DI supervisor ARNOUT DEURINCK I  post-production supervisor WIM DE RICK

Supported by the FLANDERS AUDIOVISUAL FUND (VAF) I FILM UND MEDIEN STIFTUNG NRW  I CREATIVE INDUSTRIES FUND NL I MONDRIAAN FUND I PROVINCIE LIMBURG I GEMEENTE MAASTRICHT

A Co-Production with VIDEO POWER I JULIE PFLEIDERER

Festival Distribution VIDEO POWER I ARGOS

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screenings

in the media

VHSCut | Vitor Miranda

“Das Retirée or the Last House of My Father,” seems to delve into everything that came before in the director’s career. It is like a matryoshka of self-references, where each revelation symbolizes a new facet of her story. It is a settling of accounts, an exploration of family legacies, or perhaps just a family portrait.

Read the full interview

Cinergie | Marine Bernard

Ce film ressemble à une introspection poétique dans laquelle nous plongeons instantanément. Le rythme est lent, les plans sont serrés, la caméra s’arrête à la fois sur différentes couleurs et matières, sur l’évolution du projet, sur le dehors et le dedans mais également sur les visages, les mains, les regards des deux protagonistes. D’emblée, la réalisatrice nous fait voyager mentalement dans les méandres de leurs réflexions.

Read the full article here (in French)
    • 2023
    • Arch Film Lund
    • Official Competition
    • 2023
    • Journées de l’Architecture 2023
    • Official Selection
    • 2023
    • Faito Doc Int. Documentary Festival
    • Youth Jury Award
    • 2023
    • 7th Festival Ecra
    • Official Selection
    • 2023
    • Festival en Ville!
    • Prix du Jury - Compétition Echappées
  • Runtime43 min
  • DirectorJulie Pfleiderer
  • GenreExperimental Documentary
  • Released2023

screenings

in the media

VHSCut | Vitor Miranda

“Das Retirée or the Last House of My Father,” seems to delve into everything that came before in the director’s career. It is like a matryoshka of self-references, where each revelation symbolizes a new facet of her story. It is a settling of accounts, an exploration of family legacies, or perhaps just a family portrait.

Read the full interview

Cinergie | Marine Bernard

Ce film ressemble à une introspection poétique dans laquelle nous plongeons instantanément. Le rythme est lent, les plans sont serrés, la caméra s’arrête à la fois sur différentes couleurs et matières, sur l’évolution du projet, sur le dehors et le dedans mais également sur les visages, les mains, les regards des deux protagonistes. D’emblée, la réalisatrice nous fait voyager mentalement dans les méandres de leurs réflexions.

Read the full article here (in French)