24 Stunden
completed
24 Hours
Mischief Films
50-year-old Romanian Sadina Lungu is a 24-hour caregiver. She has been caring for 85-year-old Mrs. Pöschl in Bad Vöslau for years. Sadina's life is monotonous and exhausting. Loneliness gnaws at her.
Fitness exercises, smoking and online conversations with family and friends in Romania help her through the days. For 14 years, Sadina has endured three to five months at a time before going home for a month to be with her loved ones, whom she supports financially, and do what she likes.
With her long stints, Sadina is a rare sight in the industry. How does Sadina manage her life away from home? How does she fight the threat of alienation from home? How does she manage to stay herself under multiple physical and mental challenges, and get something out of life herself?
The documentary "24 Hours" draws its emotional power primarily from the figure of its protagonist Sadina Lungu, who hardly corresponds to the cliché of female nurses. In online contacts with female colleagues, the film simultaneously tells of the dangers and exploitative conditions in the care sector, which can only persist so persistently because of the extreme social imbalance in Europe. Parallel to Sadina's personal, emotional story, the film develops great socio-political relevance. For in this film Sadina does not stand for herself alone, but for an estimated 40,000 Romanian women who provide care services in Austria.
A GREEN FILMING PRODUKTION ÖFI+ // GREEN BONUS
Director | Harald Friedl |
DoP | Helmut Wimmer |
Editor | Philipp Mayer |
Translation | Laura Balomiri |
Assistant Director | Jola Wieczorek |
Producer | Ralph Wieser |
Production Manager | Susanne Berger |
Production Coordinator | Mirjam Saleh |
Funded by | Bundesministerium für Kunst, Kultur, öffentlichen Dienst und Sport, ORF Film/Fernseh-Abkommen, Amt der niederösterreichischen Landesregierung, Abteilung Kunst & Kultur, ÖFI+ |
Languages | German, Romanian |
Distribution Austria | Polyfilm |
Festival Booking | AUSTRIAN FILMS |
In Austrian cinemas from 11. Oktober 2024!
Awards
- Best Feature Documentary, Fünf Seen Festival 2024
Festivals
- Diagonale 2024 (World Premiere)
- DOK.fest München
- Heimatfilmfestival Freistadt
- Fünf Seen Filmfestival Starnberg
- Astra FIlm Festival Sibiu
- Filmz Mainz
Trailer
Presskit
24-stunden-folder-deutsch-20240703.pdf
24stunden-pressekit-deutsch-20240703-komprimiert.pdf
24stunden-pressekit-en-2024-final-20240703-komprimiert.pdf