After returning from a trip to Naples where she sought to forget her past, Leonie dives deep into the work of Italian writer Anna Maria Ortese. She and her friends meet to discuss Ortese’s books ‘The Port of Toledo’ and ‘Iguana’, revealing the fine line between a passion for literature as a way of engaging with the world and a way of sublimating one’s demons. Meanwhile, Leonie’s friend Florian moves from sublet to sublet, unable to resolve his conflicts with his father or set down roots in Berlin.
Ted Fendt
Filmmaker, translator and projectionist born in 1989 in Haddonfield, New Jersey (USA). Between 2011 and 2018, he directed several short and feature films on 16mm in his hometown and in nearby Philadelphia (such as ‘Broken Specs’, 2012; ‘Short Stay’, 2016; and ‘Classical Period’, 2018) before settling in Europe. Since 2018, he has lived in Berlin (Germany), where he directed his feature film debut, ‘Outside Noise’, as well as the short film ‘Unhappy Hour’ (2023) and the feature film ‘Foreign Travel’ (2026), which was selected for competition in the Forum section of the Berlin Film Festival and at FIDMarseille. His films have been selected for other festivals such as Anthology Film Archives, Viennale, and Le Grand Lux, and he regularly translates film reviews and criticism, including a book by Nicole Brenez and Harun Farocki.
DIRECTOR
Ted Fendt
SCREENPLAY
Ted Fendt, Leonie Rodrian
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Jenny Lou Ziegel
EDITOR
Ted Fendt
SOUND
Jared Hutchinson, Marta Piras, Jan Pasemann
PRODUCTION
Ted Fendt, Hans Broich
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Superzoom Film
CAST
Leonie Rodrian, Florian Model, Alejo Franzetti, Hanna Döring, Mia Sellmann, Sigrid Vagt
