SYNOPSIS

Warriors in an identity crisis – whether paladins of Charlemagne, so-called Saracens, a supposed Indian princess, three-faced men, giants, dragons or other mythical creatures from the famous Sicilian "Teatro dei Pupi" – laden with centuries-old myths and heroism they all wake up in a nebulous place between stage, dream and a reality between neoliberalism, techno-feudalism and the threat of war. The only thing they seem to know is that things can't go on like this and that they have to find new ways together instead of going on fighting each other over and over again. Shot entirely with the fascinating traditional puppets ('Pupi') of the Compagnia Brigliadoro in Palermo and supported by a driving beat and the voice of well-known queer Berlin rapper Lena Stoehrfaktor the film plays with the mythological backgrounds of this listed world cultural heritage folk theatre and interweaves it with current issues like the resurgency of outworn role models and the dizzying feeling of life in a stormy and warlike 'turn of an era' in which the world is no longer the one we knew.

GÉNÉRIQUE

• Director

  Stefan Panhans

  Winkler Andrea

• Production

  Winkler Andrea

• Referent

  Stefan Panhans

• Sales

  Winkler Andrea

• Script

  Andrea Winkler

  Stefan Panhans

• Text

  Andrea Winkler

  Stefan Panhans

• Decors

  Andrea Winkler

• Cast / With

  Compagnia Brigliadoro