The Lover

Cadenza Zhao, Fiction, 2024, Germany, 15:00 minutes

Direction and scrip writring: Cadenza Zhao

Production: Pretty Filmz Productionz & Carte blanche Media, funded by Creative Europe MEDIA

Direction of photography: Anastasiia Gravrilova

Color grading : Juliette Valentin

Sound design: Tilman Eberle

Music composer: Ole Wiedekamm

Edition: Ilya Gavrilenkov

Synopsis
Daniel appears to have it all — loyal friends, a deep bond with his father, and a very active sex life. But beneath his ‘manliness’, grief is eating him up. His friends are there to support him but their presence offers little comfort. He distracts himself with one-night-stands and casual sex, secretly wishing to find true love to fill this void. But desire is no cure for loss, and when the weight of his denial becomes unbearable, Daniel is forced to confront the truth he’s been running from.

The Lover

Cadenza Zhao, Fiction, 2024, Germany, 15:00 minutes

Direction and scrip writring: Cadenza Zhao

Production: Pretty Filmz Productionz & Carte blanche Media, funded by Creative Europe MEDIA

Direction of photography: Anastasiia Gravrilova

Color grading : Juliette Valentin

Sound design: Tilman Eberle

Music composer: Ole Wiedekamm

Edition: Ilya Gavrilenkov

Synopsis
Daniel appears to have it all — loyal friends, a deep bond with his father, and a very active sex life. But beneath his ‘manliness’, grief is eating him up. His friends are there to support him but their presence offers little comfort. He distracts himself with one-night-stands and casual sex, secretly wishing to find true love to fill this void. But desire is no cure for loss, and when the weight of his denial becomes unbearable, Daniel is forced to confront the truth he’s been running from.