‘Objet a’ Explores Desire and Control in an Age When We “Touch Flat Screens More Than Our

Ingeborg and Adam are visionary hand surgeons who are bound by love, control and irresistible fixations. Ingeborg, for one, feels compelled to steal objects.

But after an accident, their well-choreographed lives suddenly face a force that could upset the careful balance that has long defined their relationship: the enigmatic Gaia. With her arrival, unexpected desires start springing up.

What Happened

Objet a, world-premiering in the international competition of the 79th edition of the Locarno Film Festival on Tuesday, Aug. Georg Friedrich (Great Freedom) and Sofia Kokkali (Our Wildest Days) also feature.

• The film is produced by Schuldenberg Films in co-production with Tarantula, asterisk and ERT.A theatrical release in Germany through Grandfilm is scheduled for the first quarter of 2027.

• This film is about these two people who are symbiotic and living their life in a very symbiotic way, doing everything with one another – working together, living together, loving each other – and.

• There was more to us, and it was also kind of between us.

Key Details

Oren wrote the screenplay for Objet a with Geoffroy Grison. The cinematography is courtesy of Juan Sarmiento G.

• I also remember us, as actors, acting differently when we had our objects with us.

• We treated them as extended parts of ourselves, and there was this fascination coming from the team as well.

• There was a fascination with the beauty of how they were built, and maybe how we got attached to them.

Why It Matters

(The Voice of Hind Rajab, A Poet), with editing by Hansjörg Weißbrich (Rose, Late Shift). Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired the North American rights.

• HOFMANN I remember that the objects, the crutch, as well as a corset I use, had an immense effect – not only on us but on the whole team.

• When her leg is broken, something breaks into pieces.

What Reports Say

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• Continued reporting by The Hollywood Reporter as more details emerge