“People on their way to work, in the morning, in the S-Bahn. Tired faces. Empty looks. Crowded bodies in hypothermic, desolate cityscapes. In a constant hurry: quickly, quickly to the office. A young man humiliating himself as a public advertising figure, a schoolgirl anxiously wondering about her career chances, job seekers who are supposed to see their body as a trademark ... The impositions and dressing down of today's working world, both physical and psychological, are the subject of Sollbruchstelle. Self-worth and self-image are reduced to the current market value of labour. Stotz tells the story of her father Franz, who was laid off after 40 years, sued against it, won and got his job as a manager back, but still ended up on the siding. What is one, what remains of one when one has no work?” (Filmfest Munich)
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"Pessoas a caminho do trabalho, pela manhã, no S-Bahn. Caras cansadas. Olhares vazios. Corpos apinhados em paisagens urbanas hipotérmicas e desoladas. Numa pressa constante: depressa, depressa para o escritório. Um jovem que se humilha como figura publicitária pública, uma estudante que se questiona ansiosamente sobre as suas oportunidades de carreira, pessoas à procura de emprego que supostamente vêem o seu corpo como uma marca registada ... As imposições e o vestir do mundo do trabalho de hoje, tanto físicas como psicológicas, são o tema de Sollbruchstelle. A auto-estima e a auto-imagem são reduzidas ao actual valor de mercado do trabalho. Stotz conta a história do seu pai Franz, que foi despedido após 40 anos, processado contra ela, ganhou e recuperou o seu emprego como gerente, mas mesmo assim acabou por ficar de fora. O que é um, o que resta de um quando não se tem trabalho?" (Filmfest Munich)
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"Menschen auf dem Weg zur Arbeit, morgens, in der S-Bahn. Müde Gesichter. Leere Blicke. Gedrängte Körper in unterkühlten, trostlosen Stadtlandschaften. In ständiger Eile: schnell, schnell ins Büro. Ein junger Mann, der sich als Werbefigur in der Öffentlichkeit erniedrigt, eine Schülerin, die ängstlich über ihre Karrierechancen nachdenkt, Arbeitssuchende, die ihren Körper als Markenzeichen sehen sollen ... Die physischen und psychischen Zumutungen und Abwertungen der heutigen Arbeitswelt sind Thema von Sollbruchstelle. Selbstwert und Selbstbild werden auf den aktuellen Marktwert der Arbeit reduziert. Stotz erzählt die Geschichte ihres Vaters Franz, der nach 40 Jahren entlassen wurde, dagegen klagte, gewann und seinen Job als Manager zurückbekam, aber trotzdem auf dem Abstellgleis landete. Was ist man, was bleibt von einem, wenn man keine Arbeit hat?" (Filmfest München)

___ Team
Author and Director: Eva Stotz
Co-Writer: Patricia Fürst
Director of Photography: András Petrik
Additonal DOPs: Armin Dierolf, Kolja Raschke, Eric Ferranti
Editor: Claudia Gleisner
Sound Recordists: Stephan Schönholz, Garip Özdem
Original Score: Jürgen Grözinger
Sound Design: Malte Bieler, Niklas Kammertöns
Line Producer: Christoph Heller
Producer: German Film- and Television Academy Berlin and Eva Stotz

___ Awards and Festivals (selection)
Special Mention, Visions du Réel Nyon 2008; Advancement Award, Duisburger Filmwoche 2008, Advancement Award, German Television Award, Prize of the Insurances Dokumentart, Nomination Golden Key 25th Kassel Documentary & Video Festival, Nomination Documentary Prize and book presentation "Werkstattberichte Dokfilm" with Pepe Danquart 6th HAMBURGER DOKFILMWOCHE, Official Selection 46th Viennale int'l film festival, German Competition 51th Int'l documentary film festival DOKLeipzig, TIDF Taiwan International Documentary Festival, 26th TFF Torino Film festival, 16. Blicke aus dem Ruhrgebiet
5th PLANETE DOC REVIEW FF, 19th FILMKUNST FEST SCHWERIN, DOKFILMFEST MÜNCHEN, 5th DOCVILLE LEUVEN, CROSSING EUROPE LINZ, 27th FILMFESTIVAL OF URUGUAY, 20th ANKARA INT'L FILM FESTIVAL