EVERYTHING’S FIFTY FIFTY
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EVERYTHING’S FIFTY FIFTY

Directed by Alireza Golafshan

Info

Director: Alireza Golafshan
Section: Spotlight
Country: Germany
Year: 2023
PT: ALLES FIFTY FIFTY
OT: ALLES FIFTY FIFTY
Language: German
Version: Original version with English subtitles
Cast: Moritz Bleibtreu, Laura Tonke, Valentin Thatenhorst, David Kross, Axel Stein
6+

Logline

A world premiere: A tumultuous comedy about relationships and the parenting issues of our time.

Despite being separated, Marion and Andi aim to be the perfect parents to eleven-year-old Milan. But on a trip to Italy, Marion’s new boyfriend in tow, they discover that Milan is anything but the perfect son. As the ex-couple finally start to address the mistakes made in raising him and grow closer again, Milan falls in love.

Show calendar
Photocredits: Leonine

Calendar

  • (only P&I)
    City 1
  • After the film: Q&A with director Alireza Golafshan & team

    ASTOR Astor Kino
  • After the film: Q&A with director Alireza Golafshan

    Kino, Mond & Sterne

Meet the director

EVERYTHING’S FIFTY FIFTY

Alireza Golafshan

Alireza Golafshan was born in Tehran in 1986. He and his family immigrated to Germany in 1998. He studied philosophy and art history in Hamburg prior to enrolling at the University of Television and Film Munich (HFF). After making several short films, he directed his first feature film, THE GOLDFISH, in 2019, then his second film, JGA: JASMIN. GINA. ANNA, in 2022. EVERYTHING’S FIFTY FIFTY earned him the Bavarian Film Award in 2024.

Credits

Screenplay: Alireza Golafshan
Director of Photography: Matthias Fleischer
Film Editor: Alireza Golafshan
Composer: Carlos Cipa
Production Designer: Josef Brandl
Costume Design: Anisha Stöckinger
Sound: Peter Kautzsch
Sound design: Achim Hoffmann, Christian Bischoff
Make-up artist: Scharka Cechova
Casting director: Daniela Tolkien
Producer: Quirin Berg, Max Wiedemann, Justyna Müsch
Production Company: Wiedemann & Berg Film GmbH
Executive producer: Sofie Scherz-Fleischer
Co-Producer: Dr. Stefan Gärtner
Co-Production Company: SevenPictures Film GmbH, LEONINE Studios
World Sales: Picture Tree International GmbH
Distributor: LEONINE Distribution GmbH