Wut auf Kuba
Why Chickens Don't Fly
Trailer
Marlene has lost her job in the second-hand shop. And now what? Single parent with two daughters in an East German prefabricated building, difficult relationship with her mother and her ex. In addition, there are memories of Marlene's grandfather that haunt her and come more and more to the fore. But then the sun appears - and suddenly everything seems easy. Leaving the old life behind and the children with grandma, rescuing a chicken and finally feeling herself again in search of adventure and the great freedom. Director Naira Cavero Orihuel shot her graduation film from the HFF Munich in Cottbus - and underscores the urge for freedom of her non-conformist protagonists with, among other things, the song "Egal" by the Hanoverian women's punk band "Bärchen & die Milchbubis" from the early 1980s. With WUT AUF KUBA she makes you want to get out - even if it's only around the corner, for a short moment.
Text: Stefanie Borowsky
FSK 12
The film will be shown in the original language German and with English subtitles.
Naira Cavero Orihuel
Karl Kürten
Nicolas Mühe, Philipp Hutter
Yiftach Shapira
Chiara Strickland
Lena Schmidtke
Paula Kober
Mathilde Bundschuh
Katherina Medvedva
Charlotte M. E. Schuster
HFF München
Naira Cavero Orihuel - was born in Munich in 1988 and discovered her love for theater in Berlin. In 2011 she began studying directing at the HFF Munich and the Universidad del Cine in Buenos Aires. She has received awards from the Bavarian State Ministry and the New York Film Festival for her SpecSpots and commercials. In 2022 she graduated from the HFF with her first feature film WUT AUF KUBA.