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INFO

ONE

110min · Color 4:3 DCI · SWITZERLAND 2021· Swiss-German/French

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Young father Gabriel takes care alone of his son. 

When he falls in love with enigmatic Corey, a state of emergency is declared -

wild animals are on the run and life becomes utterly existential.

 

Starring

Pablo Caprez · Ella Rumpf  

and Art Bllaca  · Luna Wedler  · Tonatiuh Radzi  · Lolita Chammah

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Written and Directed by

Lorenz Merz 

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Producer

Simon Hesse

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Awards

IWC Filmmaker Award 2018 (Post-Production support)

 

Date of completion 

Spring 2021

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DIRECTORS NOTE

 

It is mainly the harsh blows that stir up our superficial existence and reveal the core of our being. I witnessed the birth of my first son and the sudden death of my youth friends when I was 18 years old. Paradoxically, I went through these events, with almost identical sensations. So, as if hot and cold water touches the skin at the same time. In both moments, an transcendent but raw perception of the world opened up. ONE is not supposed to be another coming-of-age but a contemporary coming to life film, dedicated to inevitable themes that concern us at all ages.

DIRECTORS FILMOGRAPHY

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Lorenz Merz was born in Zurich from swiss-american parents. After formation in painting, music and photography he studied film at University of the Arts Zurich and Universidad del Cine Buenos Aires. His graduate short ONE DAY AND NOTHING 2008  won international awards, including the Silver Leopard at 61st Locarno IFF and the Swiss Film Award 2009. With CHERRY PIE (IFF Locarno 2013/Rotterdam2014) featuring Lolita Chammah he won international awards and was nominated for Best Cinematography at the Swiss Film Awards 2014. With his work as cinematographer he was represented several times at IFF Camerimage (worlds greatest festival dedicated to the art of cinematography). Among other awards he won another two times the Swiss Film Award - Best Cinematography for SUMMER GAMES (IFF Venice/Toronto 2011, Official Swiss Entry - 84th Academy Awards 2012) and WAR (IFF San Sebastian/Karlovy Vary 2014). In 2013 Lorenz Merz and fellow filmmakers founded the Zurich based production company 8horses. He was part of IFF Jury's (68th Locarno IFF Neuchatel Fantastic IFF), is member of the EFA European Film Academy, the SFA Swiss Film Academy and the SCS Swiss Cinematographer’s Society. Father of two sons, lives and works in Paris and Zurich. 

 

He currently works on new screenplay Who/Man (about the fastest woman in the world, a Japanese ghost and a car rally somewhere in Africa)

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Shooting - Ella Rumpf, Pablo Caprez - Director (DoP) Lorenz Merz 

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ONE receives IWC Award (post-prod support)

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