A director hides behind a paper bag to ask: who are we, really?
Why does Doris Dörrie have a bag on her head in the interview? Consistent in the sense that in her works she always poses the question of how we want to be perceived. Dörrie takes us through the most important stages of her life, her films, her work as a mentor and teacher, and also addresses existential themes: Identity, motherhood, her role as a woman. And she talks openly about fears, setbacks and crises, such as the untimely death of her partner and cameraman Helge Weindler. "Shut up and breathe", the advice of a Tibetan lama, carries her through life - even beyond the screen.
Direction
Sabine Lidl lets Dörrie control the mask, literally
Writing
"Shut up and breathe" as life's thesis statement
Director
Sabine Lidl
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The bag-on-head interview technique was Dörrie's own idea, not the director's.
Dörrie's 1985 breakthrough 'Men...' made her a rare female box office hit in West Germany, yet she's spent decades being asked why she 'abandoned' fiction for documentaries.
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