The Taster
Directed by Sophia Bierend
Hosted by Director Sophia Bierend.
Official selection
Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 2023
Director
Sophia Bierend
Executive Producer
Jonas Harmsen, Niklas Harmsen, Maximilian Pauly
Producer
Hana Petersen
Writer
Sophia Bierend
Cast
Godehard Giese, Silvana Mihai, Andrea Sovan
Cinematographer
Adam Graf
Sound Designer
Kevin Jahnel, Eva Perhácová
Composer
Bertholt Pohl
Editor
Annika Mayer
contact
Monic Films GmbH
In a near-future Romania, young Ozana (Silvana Mihai) is chosen to work as a food taster for the leader of forces occupying her country. The sole rule for her to follow is that she must never look this man in the eye. Writer/director Sophia Bierend has made a captivating master class in slow-burn tension and world-building, phenomenally well-executed and performed. – Mitch Davis
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