Saturne

The magical-realist camera follows the trials and encounters of Jonathan as he attempts to fulfill his mother’s final wish: that her ashes be laid to rest at Alexanderplatz, Berlin. Carrying her blue urn and searching for a suitable location, he attempts to gain permission, assistance, and sometimes merely empathy from his fellow citizens. From bridges to construction sites, electronics megastores to public fountains, encountering a nun, an artist, and various figures he traces circles around the concrete epicenter of the busy metropolis, revealing a place where commerce, branding, bustle, and tourism overshadow historical landmarks and personal relations. The private pathos of a son mourning his mother encounters the cold and normalized absurdity of hypercapitalism, history, and everyday city life.

74 min., HD, color, sound, 2022

with: Maximilian Brauer, Susanne Bredehöft, Niina Lehtonen Braun, Gina Lisa Maiwald, Peter Cramer, Paul Bachmann, Valentin Lorenz, David Ristau and others
Script: Maximilian Brauer, Ulu Braun
Camera: Kai Herrmann, Florian Gwinner
Editing: Ulu Braun, Kai Herrmann
Sound: Jochen Jezzusek, Felix Andriessens
Music: Fritz Rating, The Whole Other, Felix Andriessens, Patric Catani
Co-produced by: Niina Lehtonen Braun, Maximilian Brauer
Assistance: Lisa Baumgarten, Ella Hebendanz
produced and directed by Ulu Braun