| Director | | Pia Marais | 
Filmography
1996 Loop (short)
1998 Deranged (short)
1999 Tricky People (short)
2003 17(Seventeen) (short)
2007 Die Unerzogenen/The Unpolished
Biography
She was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. Initially she studied Sculpture, then went on to Photography before realising that due to the narrative character of what she was doing, film would be the appropriate medium. Having studied Art at the Chelsea School of Art (London), the Rietveld Akademie (Amsterdam) and the KunstAkademie (Düsseldorf), she went on to study Film at the Deutsche Film-und Fernseh-Akademie (DFFB) in Berlin. She has worked in film as a casting director, assistant director and writer. The Unpolished is her first feature film.
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ID-07
The Unpolished / Pia Marais |  Stevie, a precocious 14-year-old girl, must cope with the instabilities of her immoderate parents.When they decide to move to a small provincial town in Germany, Stevie attempts to slip into a normal life.Whilst her parents playfully escape their responsibilities, Stevie tries to make a good impression in town, spreading stories of grandeur and claiming to be the daughter of a diplomat.Yet the good weather doesn’t last and, before long, she discovers that her parents have once more resorted to illegal means, as a way of supporting their leisurely lifestyle. It is in this atmosphere of physical and emotional destruction, that Stevie must now start to define herself and perhaps even break free.The film tells the story of a girl caught up in a complicated adult world.A world in which the child/parent roles have been washed away and responsibilities are thrown back and forth.
| | Director: | Pia Marais | | Script: | Horst Markgraf, Pia Marais | | Photographer: | Diego Martinez Vignatti | | Montage: | Daniela Boch, Mona Bräuer | | Sound: | Andreas Hildebrandt | | Music: | Jochrn Arbeit, Yoyo Röhm, Horst Markgraf -Art Direction: Petra Barchi | | Costumes: | Julia Koep, Juliane Brandes | | With: | Céci Chuh (Stevie), Birol Ünel (Axel), Pascale Schiller (Lily), Georg Friedrich (Ingmar), Joana Preiss (Louise), Joseph Malerba (Eric) | | Producer: | Claudia Steffen, Christoph Friedel | | Production: | Pandora Film Produktion GmbH, Germany | | Production Country: | Germany | | Co-production: | Westdeutscher Rundfunk & Südwestdeutscher Rundfunk, with the support of the MEDIA Program | | Type: | 35mm Color | | Duration: | 95' | | Production Year: | 2007 | | Screening Schedule | | JOHN CASSAVETES: | Saturday, November 17, 2007 - 23:00 | | PAVLOS ZANNAS: | Sunday, November 18, 2007 - 21:30 | | Return |
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