The family of 14-year-old Lea is part of a cosmic group that believes in an origin of humanity on Jupiter. Due to a disability, Lea’s brother, Paul, is unable to communicate, and this has driven the family to the obscure cult that promises salvation in a higher existence on Jupiter.

The sect plans a collective suicide, by which their souls are supposed to reach Jupiter, in the course of an outing into the mountains. Here, for the first time, Lea rebels against her parents’ control and desperately tries to dissuade her family from this plan. However, the prospect of finally being able to communicate with their son on Jupiter, her parents’ are not open to conviction. Lea faces the dilemma of whether to follow them or to forge her own path on Earth.

While searching for herself and in defining her own values, she learns to stand up for herself and recognize true friendship. In the end, Lea takes her decision: she plans to stay on Earth and embrace life with all its challenges.


Cast

Lea
Mariella Aumann
Barbara
Laura Tonke
Thomas
Andreas Döhler
Wolf
Ulrich Matthes
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Jupiter

Benjamin Pfohl

  • Fiction
Production Country / Year
Germany 2023
Language
de. OF mit en. UT
Format
DCP, Color, 100min
1.33:1, Discrete 5.1

Director & Crew

Benjamin Pfohl 1

Benjamin Pfohl

Born in 1985 in Cologne. Studied at the University of Television and Film Munich. DAAD scholarship in Buenos Aires and Tunis. Active as a screenwriter and director.

Filmography

2014 TOTES LAND, Kurzfilm  HOF 2014

2019 JUPITER, Kurzfilm

2023 JUPITER, Spielfilm  HOF 2024

Writer
Benjamin Pfohl
Silvia Wolkan
Director of Photography
Tim Kuhn
Editor
Valesca Peters
Production Designer
Fryderyk Swierczynski
Costume Designer
Stefanie Hamann
Casting Director
Ulrike Müller
Sound
Attila Makai
Music Composer
Gary Hirche
Make-up
Lea Potthoff
Producer
Martin Kosok
Alexander Fritzemeyer

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