Power of Love
Saara and Robert are happily in love. Robert recently moved from Berlin to Helsinki to give their relationship a real perspective. Their everyday life is characterized by playing with gender role clichés and power relations, but behind the unconventional façade, they both struggle with fears and insecurities. Full of anticipation for a break, they set out for an extended summer vacation on a deserted island in the Finnish archipelago. Stirred by the raw nature, the couple falls back into archaic patterns they desperately try to overcome.
Cast
- Saara
- Saara Kotkaniemi
- Robert
- Nicola Perot
- Pirjo
- Outi Mäenpää
- Meiju
- Cecilia Paul
- Mikko
- Elmer Bäck
- Teppo
- Timo Torikka
Power of Love
Jonas Rothlaender
- Fiction
- Production Country / Year
- Germany, Finland 2023
- Language
- dt., engl., fi. OF m. engl. UT
- Format
- DCP, Color, 105min
2.39:1, Discrete 5.1
Nominated for:
Förderpreis neues deutsches Kino
Director & Crew
Jonas Rothlaender
Born in 1982 in Lübeck. Studied Directing at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB). Active as a writer and director.
Filmography
| 2010 | Das hemd | Kurzfilm | 2010 |
| 2011 | Jagdgründe | Kurzfilm | |
| 2014 | Auf anfang | Kurzfilm | |
| 2015 | Familie haben | Dokumentarfilm | |
| 2016 | Fado | Spielfilm | |
| 2021 | Das starke geschlecht | Dokumentarfilm | |
| 2023 | The power of love | Spielfilm | 2023 |
“POWER OF LOVE is an arthouse romance that, at its core, deals with the question of trust in relationships. It’s not just about trust in my counterpart but, above all, about trust in myself. After all, this is the breeding ground for every power struggle. As soon as I feel inferior, there is the impulse to compensate for this by trying to regain my high status and thus my (self) security. Of course, every human being struggles with his or her own insecurities. Robert and Saara lack this confidence in themselves, and so, in a way, they become dependent on confirmation from each other, or on how they perceive themselves in the reflection of their environment.”
Jonas Rothlaender
- Writer
- Jonas Rothlaender
- Director of Photography
- Carmen Treichl
- Editor
- Anne Fabini
- Production Designer
- Kaisa Mäkinen
- Costume Designer
- Roosa Marttiini
- Casting Director
- Ulrike Müller
- Minna Sorvoja
- Music Composer
- Julius Pollux Rothlaender
- Make-up
- Minna Pilvinen
- Producer
- Luis Singer
- Dennis Schanz
