Festivals - Sundance Film Festival 2021 : Human factors will have its world premiere

By Mulder, 27 december 2020

To escape mounting tensions at the advertising agency they co-own, French-German couple Nina and Jan whisk their kids, Max and Emma, away to their seaside vacation home. The couple has signed a new politically charged client, forcing them to confront their clashing priorities. But what’s meant to be an idyllic off-season retreat turns sinister when burglars tear through the house, unseen by anyone except Nina. Though at first the aftermath brings the family closer, it’s short-lived once Max reveals he glimpsed his father hiding during the break-in. As the police investigate and the evidence doesn’t add up, the account of what took place begins to unravel alongside the couple’s faith in each other.

Peeling back layers of truth and perception with a finely calibrated eye, director Ronny Trocker drops us inside the sordid remains of an exemplary middle-class family as it begins to rot from within. Balancing phenomenal performances and effortlessly inventing its own rules, Human Factors reminds us even the closest family members may be only intimate strangers.

Synopsis :
A mysterious home invasion triggers off a shake in the core of a cosmopolitan middle-class family and unveils the fragility of truth and the power of individual perspective.

Human Factors (Germany/Italy/Denmark)
Written and directed by Ronny Trocker
Produced by Susanne Mann, Paul Zischler, Martin Rehbock
Co-Producers : Ronny Trocker, Eva Jakobsen, Katrin Pors, Mikkel Jersin
Starring Sabine Timoteo, Mark Waschke, Jule Hermann, Wanja Valentin Kube, Hannes Perkmann, Daniel Séjourné
Music by Anders Dixen
Sound Design/Mix : Jacques Pedersen, Kristian Selin Eidnes Andersen
Cinematography : Klemens Hufnagl
Production Designer : Stefan Oppenländer
Costume Designer : Ildiko Okolicsanyi
Makeup Artist : Malaika Katharina Boserup
Production Sound : Timo Selengia
Edited by Julia Drack
Distributed by Ioanna Stais, Heretic Outreach (http://www.heretic.gr)
Release date : January 29, 2021 (Sundance)
Running time : 102 minutes

Premiere : jan. 29 - 6:00pm // Second screening : jan. 31 - 4:00pm (local time)

(Source : press release)