Xavien Russell

Behind Fortune

2006 | 20 min | Drama

Drama | 20 min | 2006

Malte Wirtz studied film and theater at the Athanor Akademie Burghausen. BEHIND FORTUNE was his graduation film. Father Wolfgang loves his son Jonas, who lives with his mother. The mother hates Wolfgang. Wolfgang tries to drown his grief in alcohol and ends up getting some very strange notions about he might get closer to his son. BEHIND FORTUNE played at the Festival of Festivals, St. Petersburg, the IFCT Florida and the ALTER-NATIVE Festival in Tirgu Mures, Romania.