Synopsis
AND-EK GHES... means: ONE FINE DAY... A song, a promise to the beloved, to the children, to oneself. Members of the Velcu family from Faţa Luncii, Romania, move to Berlin and perform themselves into a possible future.
AND-EK GHES... - ONE FINE DAY... is the refrain of the title song in which a young man promises his beloved a future in Berlin if her love is only strong enough to follow him.
The song was written by Colorado Velcu, charismatic multi-talent, single parent to seven children; heart, motor and chronicler of an extended family from Faţa Luncii in Romania. AND-EK GHES... continues an extraordinary collaboration based on the trust and friendship between the co-directors Philip Scheffner and Colorado Velcu. It began with the film REVISION (Berlinale, Forum 2012): The attempt to establish a common cinematic space between protagonists, filmmakers and the audience has now, three years since, been enlarged. The camera duplicates itself; besides the filmmaker’s, there are one, two, three cameras that wander from hand to hand. And not just the filmmaker, even we are allowed into a world in which humour, chutzpah and solidarity stand against poverty and exclusion. In which the Velcus, contrary to all ascriptions, reinvent themselves time and again. In which Berlin begins to glow in the shimmering colours of Bollywood. A world in which reality and fiction are sometimes only a laugh apart.
Credits
with Colorado Velcu, Parizan Nistor, Casino Nistor, Eldorado Velcu, Calil Velcu, Noami Nistor, Rebeca Velcu, Sara Velcu, Nelu Cîrstea, Mario Ilie, Fecioara Velcu, Emporio Ilie, Armani Ilie, Ecstasy Ilie, Zefir Chiciu, Lulughia Velcu, Shaolin Velcu, Simpatic Velcu, Cătălin Velcu, Creația Velcu, Jeckichan Velcu, Elvetia Miclescu, Elis Velcu, Paliser Ciliean, Director Ciliean, Atos Nistor, Darius, Philip Scheffner, Merle Kröger, Prefekt Miclescu, Vandana Miclescu, Amelica Velcu, Paradis Velcu, Leonardo Velcu, Gică Căldăraru, Remus, Vică, Aritaxon, Tocaito Miclescu, Pegas, Milord Ciucur, Răzbunator Miclescu
Script Colorado Velcu, Merle Kröger, Philip Scheffner
Directors Philip Scheffner, Colorado Velcu
Cinematographers Colorado Velcu, Philip Scheffner, Parizan Nistor, Casino Nistor Mario Ilie, Emporio Ilie, Noami Nistor, Fecioara Velcu, Zefir Chiciu, Jeckichan Velcu, Rața Miclescu, Calil Velcu, Donadoni Miclescu, Bernd Meiners
Editor Philip Scheffner
Project Consultant Eva Ruth Wemme
Title song music & text Colorado Velcu
Title song vocals Parry
Sound design & mix Simon Bastian
Color grading & mastering Matthias Behrens
Produzentinnen Merle Kröger, Alex Gerbaulet
Redaktion (rbb) Rolf Bergmann, Gabriele Conrad
Produced by pong film
with Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (rbb)
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