A Handful Of Water

Konrad, 85, is a notoriously grumpy old man. And on top of it all, his daughter now wants to adopt her lesbian girlfriend’s children.

Thurba, 10, runs away from the police who try to deport her family. But they can only deport them if all the children are present. So Thurba takes off through a second-floor window and runs away, for the sake of her family.

Konrad wakes up in the middle of the night. There’s something in the basement? Quietly, he sneaks downstairs, armed with a nail gun, and fires into the darkness, hitting Thurba, who screams like a banshee. Thurba has nowhere to go and he shot her. But something about the girl from Yemen moves him, whether he likes it or not. When Thurba offers him a deal, he has to make a decision.

Cast

Amal Al-Sherbini
Pegah Ferydoni
Ingrid Hausnick
Anja Schiffel
Polizistin Dix
Anke Sevenich
Ahmed
Osama Khaled
Herr Probst
Rainer Ewerrien
Konrad Hausnick
Jürgen Prochnow
Thurba Al-Sherbini
Milena Pribak
Eine Handvoll Wass - Poster 1

A Handful Of Water

Jakob Zapf

  • Fiction
Production Country / Year
Germany, United Kingdom 2020
Language
de., ar. OF mit en. UT
Format
Color, 94min
2.39:1, Discrete 5.1
Original Title
Eine Handvoll Wass

Director & Crew

Jakob Zapf

Born in 1983 in Paderborn. Studied Film in Frankfurt and Paris. Active as a director and producer.

Filmography

2006

  • NICHTSDESTOTROTZ, Kurzfilm

2008

  • AUFWÄRTS, Kurzfilm
  • DA CAPO, Kurzfilm

2012

  • SCHWESTERHERZ, Kurzfilm
  • SEIN KAMPF, Kurzfilm  HOF 2013

2020

  • EINE HANDVOLL WASSER, Spielfilm  HOF 2020
Writer
Jakob Zapf
Marcus Seibert
Ashu B.a.
Director of Photography
Tristan Chenais
Editor
Sanjeev Hathiramani
Alexander Schnell
Production Designer
Mike Schäfer
Costume Designer
Susanne Roggendorf
Casting Director
Anna Kowalski
Sound
Andreas Radzuweit
Sound Designer
Moritz Corell
Music Composer
Markus Paichrowski
Make-up
Janine Zabel
Producer
Jakob Zapf
Tonio Kellner