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Interview with Lance Hammer on “Queen at Sea”

Interview with Lance Hammer on “Queen at Sea”

Moviebreak Interviews und Festivals vor 8 Monaten

"I’m writing about my own death anxiety"

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Almost two decades after his last feature Ballast, Lance Hammer
returns to screen in the spotlight of the Berlinale Competition.
There the US-American director turns his contemplative gaze at
dementia and the devastating toll it takes, both on the elderly
character suffering from the illness and her deeply conflicted
relatives. Set against the fragile social and familiar worlds of
its characters, Queen at Sea turns its realist lens on mental
collapse, systemic neglect, and corroding relationships. On site at
the Berlinale, speaks about the long development of the story, the
extensive research that went into portraying dementia with
authenticity rather than sentimentality, and the primal fears his
film aims to address.