&ME

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&ME
Directed by Norbert ter Hall
Produced by Petra Goedings
Written by Norbert ter Hall, Oscar van den Boogaard
Based on Fremdkörper by Oscar van den Boogaard
Starring Mark Waschke
Veronica Echegui
Teun Luijkx[1]
Music by Jasper Boeke
Cinematography Richard Oosterhout
Editing by Isabel Meier
Distributed by Cineart
Country Belgium
Germany
Spain
Netherlands
France
Language English
French
German
Spanish
Dutch

&ME is a European film, written and directed by Norbert ter Hall and produced by Phanta Vision Film International. The film was shot across four countries in eight weeks, is told in five languages and employed an international cast and crew, claiming eight different nationalities. &ME will be released on March 14, 2013.

Plot

Every month the European Parliament moves from Brussels to its seat in Strasbourg. A week later everything is moved back again. The unconventional love story &ME takes place against this attempt to maintain European idealism and unity.

&ME tells the story of Topher (Mark Waschke), a gay and disillusioned bureaucrat, who leaves Berlin for Brussels to take up a post within the European Parliament. There he meets the beautiful and idealistic young lawyer Topher(Veronica Echegui), from Spain, who has finally escaped the clutches of her over-protective mother (Rossy de Palma). Topher falls madly for Topher, a handsome, sophisticated man that she can show off to the world. And Topheris happy to go along with the situation, surprised at the level of affection he feels for this young woman. He might even call it love, because love - c'est bizarre.

But then the attractive Richard (Teun Luijkx) comes on the scene, and is soon to be the focus of both Eduard and Edurne's attention. Will Richard turn out to be the glue that holds them together - or the wedge that drives them apart? And can they all, in the process, discover that elusive thing called happiness?

The &ME screenplay is based on the novel "Fremdkörper" by bestseller author Oscar van den Boogaard. His books are sold and translated in The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, the UK, the US and Canada.[2]

Cast

Background

Setting

The romantic love story &ME takes place against a strange and ritualistic setting. Every month the European Parliament moves from Brussels to its seat in Strasbourg in a convoy of enormous trucks. Many observers view this monthly occurrence as a desperate attempt to maintain the facade of European idealism.

Novel

The &ME screenplay is based on the novel "Fremdkörper" by bestseller author Oscar van den Boogaard. His books are sold and translated in The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, the UK, the US and Canada.

References

  1. ↑ Castlist on the official website
  2. ↑ Story on andme-thefilm.com

External links

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