Lena is faced with a momentous decision: she is pregnant, but is not yet sure whether she should keep the child. Despite this uncertainty, she decides to furnish the room for her supposed future child, but only with objects that she finds on a platform in the “to give away” category. The encounters at the doorsteps reflect loneliness in all its facets. Meanwhile, she begins to reflect on the importance of interpersonal connections and her philosophical inner dialog with her child and herself takes shape. She is emboldened to tackle the biggest decision of her life so far ...
Production | ifs internationale filmschule köln GmbH |
Funding | Technical Sponsorship Sony Europe |
Genre | Dramedy |
Production Year | 2019 |
Production Country | Germany |
Premiere | Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis, 2020 |
Picture | DCP; DCI-P3; 4K; 2.4:1; 24fps |
Sound | Dolby 7.1 |
Camera | Sony Venice & ARRI Ultra Primes |
More Project Details | Crew United |
Director | Zoe Hagen |
Director of Photography / Cinematographer | Johannes Schmülling |
Producers | Zoe Hagen & Johannes Schmülling |
Production Management | Mike Fuhrmann |
Production Design | Annika Mechelhoff |
Film Editor | Christoph Bargfrede |
Screenplay | Zoe Hagen |
Costume Designer | Diana Brock |
Gaffer | Ann-Katrin Pauly |
Production Sound Mixer | Christoph Bargfrede |
1st Camera Assistant | Leander Büge |
2nd Camera Assistant | Carsten Wiechowski |
Best Boy | Hong Sim |
Art Department Assistant | Lukas Golletz |
Production Manager | ✝ Martin Kopischke |
Production Coordinator | Jens Kaulen |
Assistant Production Manager | Kathrin Pilarski |
Assistant Production Manager | Pia Bernards |
Production Driver | Maximilian Stolz |
1st Assistant Director | Sarina Laudam |
Script Supervisor | Dario Haramustek |
Sound Design | Christoph Bargfrede |
Instructor | Peter Herrmann |
Additional Equipment | Sebastian Leske |
Lena [LR] | Shari Asha Crosson |
Young Man [SR] | Daniel Bohrer |
The Trainer [SR] | Olivia Klemke |
Old Woman [SR] | Margit Laue |
»The Mathematics of Things« premiered at the Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis, was broadcast on Westdeutscher Rundfunk in 2020, and won the German Young Filmmakers Award in 2021.