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Desire Will Set You Free
- Director: Yony Leyser
- Writer: Yony Leyser; Paula Alamillo
- Producer: Paula Alamillo; Umberto Baccolo
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Desire Will Set You Free is a feature film that explores life in contemporary Berlin with an often critical and sometimes humorous eye. Based on a true story, the plot follows the relationship of an American writer of Israeli/Palestinian descent and a Russian aspiring artist working as a hustler, offering access to the city's vibrant queer and underground scenes while examining the differences between expatriate and refugee life. Our characters travel through Berlin's layered history and unique subcultural landscape; on their adventures they discover influences and remnants of the Weimar Republic, WWII, the Bowie years, and punk. Many original Berlin personalities play themselves and the locations are all real Berlin locations.
Trailer...
DESIRE WILL SET YOU FREE from LABANNA on Vimeo.
Cast & Characters
Yony Leyser as Ezra;
Tim Fabian Hoffman as Sasha;
Chloe Griffin as Cathrine;
Amber Benson as Jayne;
Joe Grainger as Connor;
Onur Akkilic as Ozan;
Sookee as Herself;
Mika Risiko;
Sarah Adorable;
Nina Hagen as Herself;
Max Appenroth;
Labanna Babalon;
Anton Andreew as Alexandru;
Til Schindler as Bastian;
Devonte Heynes