2009 German Film Award Best Documentary “NOBODY’S PERFECT” to be released in US this winter.
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Winner of 2009 Lola (German Film Award for Best Documentary), and a contender for 2009 Academy Award selection for Best Documentary, “Nobody’s Perfect” will have its US theatrical release by Lorber Films in December 2009 / January 2010.
Filmmaker Niko von Glasow, whose short arms identify him as a grown-up “child of Thalidomide”, documents in this film his search for eleven other people affected by Thalidomide, to join him in posing naked for a book of photographs. With humour and a surprising lightness of touch, “Nobody’s Perfect” is a portrait of twelve extraordinary characters, from childhood to today. These are people who have gotten used to furtive glances from passers-by, but now they have to stand completely unprotected in front of a camera, and look at their own bodies in a new light.
With a darkly humorous touch, and no deference to political correctness, “Nobody’s Perfect” explores the specific problems which these twelve amazing people have faced during childhood, adolescence and adulthood, and shows them reacting with curiosity, enthusiasm or (like Niko himself) horror, towards the photography project. The final results of the photoshoot – in itself a frightening ordeal – give the models entirely new perspectives on themselves. A public exhibition of large-scale prints of the photos provokes surprising reactions from passers-by. Niko tries to confront the company responsible for Thalidomide – Chemie Grünenthal – and its owners the Wirtz family, with his photos. These attempts are not met with any response at all. Half a century after the Thalidomide scandal, one of Germany’s most affluent families is still able to close its eyes to the images in front of them.
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