Layla Fourie, a young single-mother in South Africa, receives a job assignment as polygraphist. In the constant presence of mistrust, lies and fear Layla soon becomes a suspect herself.

DIRECTOR
Pia Marais

CAST
Rayna Campbell, August Diehl, Rapule Hendricks, Terry Norton, Jeroen Kranenberg, Rapulana Seiphemo, David Mello

WRITERS
Horst Markgraf, Pia Marais

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
André Chemetoff

EDITING
Chris Teerink

CASTING
Susan Russouw (south africa), Geraldine Bajard (kids), Regina Tiefenthaller (europe), Amy Hubbard (uk)

PRODUCTION
Moroba Nkawe (line producer),
Katja Christochowitz (prod. manager germany)

SOUND
Gita Cerveira (sound recordist)

ART DIRECTION
Petra Barchi (prod. designer),
Sam Ramusuku (set dresser),
Federica Bologna (assistant prod. designer)

COSTUMES
Chiara Minchio (stylist),
Maleen Nokel (costumes)

MAKE UP HAIR
Marc Crisp

YEAR
2012

LENGTH
ca. 90 min.

FORMAT
digital, 35mm, 1:2,35, 24fps

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE
English

PRODUCERS
Claudia Steffen, Christoph Friedel (producers),
Jeremy Nathan, Michael Auret, Tom Dercourt, Frans van Gestel (co-producers),
Georg Steinert, Andrea Hanke (commissioning editors)

CO PRODUCTION WITH
Pandora Film Produktion (Germany), Spier Productions & DV8 Films/Zinebar (South Africa), Topkapi Films (Netherlands), Cinema Defacto (France) and WDR/ARTE

SUPPORTED BY
Filmstiftung NRW, Medienboard BB, FFA, DFFF, CNC, Dutch Filmfund, Eurimages, DTI - development supported by Medienboard BB & Media Development

WORLD SALES
The Match Factory
Michael Weber
Balthasarstr. 79-81
50670 Cologne/Germany
phone +49-2 21-5 39 70 90
fax +49-2 21-5 39 70 910
info@matchfactory.de
http://www.the-match-factory.com

SHOOTING LOCATION
South Africa

Shooting Dates
December 2011-May 2012

FESTIVALS

2013 | Berlinale
* Compeition

2010 | Cinemart
* Arte Cinema Development Award