AUstrian PREMIERE DEPARTURE
Diagonale 2018

SCREENINGS

Dates of the Austrian premiere of DEPARTURE at the DIAGONALE 2018:

Thu 15.03 18:30 KIZ Royal
Sat 17.03 14:00 UCI Annenhof Saal 6

Press

Serpentines of the soul, der Tagesspiegel

Ludwig Wüst's “Departure“ is defined by reduction: one day, two characters, three locations. It's a road movie of the soul... more

Statement Werkstattkino München, Bernd Brehmer

“With it's emblematic visual language, the film appears like an japanese ink drawing, the minimalistic narrative as a filmed haiku.“

InTERVIEW WITH KARIN SCHIEFER, AFC

“I move around in a picture”. In Ludwig Wüst’s Departure two strangers reach a tacit understanding to journey together for a time, which leads them to a radical turning point... more

Berlinale Programme 2018

Two broken souls meet by chance in the countryside. A man and a woman, neither of them young anymore, both saddled with great disappointments... more

Cries and Whispers. Ludwig Wüst's DEPARTURE towards the last things

In the beginning, there is a cry, an enduring, angry cry thrust against the flogging rumbling of a train. It arises from the depths of an irrepressible breast and plays out as the first powerful tonal apex of Ludwig Wüst's newest film... more

DEPARTURE

A man leaves a woman, a woman leaves a man. Both meet for a short while. Great changes await them at the end of this journey. more

Departure-Stills.zip