‘Time Of Moulting’ Exclusive Trailer: A Child’s Descent Into Madness
Writer and director Sabrina Mertens’ feature film debut Time Of Moulting isn’t your typical coming-of-age horror film. This isn’t kids on bikes riding through neighborhoods searching for a monster during the fading days of summer. Instead, Mertens creates a dark, dank, and strange world where a young child crawls amongst dusty clutter, trying to understand her two parents who don’t seem like they really want kids at all. It’s a hypnotic tale, and we have an exclusive look at the trailer.
Read the full synopsis:
In a small town in 1970s West Germany, Stephanie (played by a charming Zelda Espenschied as a young child, and a surly Miriam Schiweck “ten years later”) is raised by two parents who have no business having children. The mother (Freya Kreutzkam, never far from despair-induced collapse) suffers from an unspecified medical condition—one both mental and physical. The father makes it clear that he has no patience for his daughter.
Young Stephanie takes solace in exploring the mysteries hidden away in the increasingly untidy house, particularly the trunk full of her grandfather’s butcher’s equipment; older Stephanie takes far more sinister comfort in the tools found therein.
Watch the official trailer:
We also have an exclusive look at the film’s haunting new poster:
Zelda Espenschied, Miriam Schiweck, Freya Kreutzkam, and Bernd Wolf star in the film.
Time of Moulting screens at New York City’s Nitehawk Cinema on June 6, 2023, presented by The Future of Film is Female. Writer/director Sabrina Mertens will be in attendance. North American distributor Dekanalog will expand the dark German feature to numerous other cinemas throughout June and debut it on VOD in September.
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