DISORIENTATION IS NOT A CRIME

DISORIENTATION IS NOT A CRIME (ORIENTIERUNGSLOSIGKEIT IST KEIN VERBRECHEN), 2016

Germany, Greece |HDD, Color, 76'| German, English

Directors: Marita Neher & Tatjana Turanskyj

Cast: Nina Kronjäger, Anna Schmidt

Greece, 2014. Lena is a journalist whose life is in disarray. She is doing research on the safety of areas around Greece that are outside the EU zone, and migrant policies. After a chance encounter and following friendship, Amy also gets involved in the research. Amy is an activist from the Welcome Immigrants movement, and starts assisting Lena in her research both because she is bored and intrigued. Co-directed by Marita Neher and Tatjana Turanskyj, the film’s title is actually a testament to what the film is about. Lena and Amy slowly begin losing the consistency in their viewpoints on the world. What follows the two women’s distinct and clashing approaches to the refugee crisis, work and capitalism, is a road movie taking place in the rural parts of Greece. During this trip, the characters investigate invisible boundaries and seek to make sense of the world today.