YOUR STRUGGLE – MY STRUGGLE
German title: Dein Leben - Mein Leben
2023, 93 minutes - part IV

In Production
completion:
planned for January 2023
ABOUT THE FILM
YOUR STRUGGLE – MY STRUGGLE is part four of a cross-generational journey. This time filmmaker Marko Doringer explores the roots of his melancholy. YOUR STRUGGLE – MY STRUGGLE is a film about the coming of age of the third generation in German-European post-war society – a spirited and humorous form of family therapy aiming at reconciliation.
The film is currently in post production. It will be completed in January 2023.
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MORE ABOUT THE FILM
Sun, sea and sand, a wonderful wife, the best child in the world, a successful career – that’s what Marko has always dreamt of. The reality of his life, however, is very different; he spends his days in his Viennese basement office staring into a monitor, only to be greeted at home by a screaming toddler and a tense girlfriend. His father wants him to move back to the family home in Salzburg as a sort of geriatric nurse. What else has life in stock for him until it is finally over?
Embarking on a personal journey to retrace his history, Marko Doringer visits his friends, draws closer to his parents’ generation and reflects upon the lives of his grandparents. He seeks what it is that again and again makes it so difficult for him to assess his own life. He digs deep into past decades, through the layers separating four generations: What traumas did the war trigger in Marko’s grandfather, and how did they affect his post-war life? How did his father deal with them? How much of this impact has trickled down into Marko’s own life? And what of this will he pass on to his daughter Elsa?
Marko Doringer’s YOUR STRUGGLE – MY STRUGGLE is a film about growing up in the midst of German-European post-war society. A captivating attempt at reconciliation; a story filled with sombre undertones as well as joyous moments; and the lingering pain of old wounds – a touching, cinematic form of family therapy.
FURTHER INFORMATION
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FACTS
GERMAN WORKING TITLE:
Lachen Und WeinenCOMPLETION:
planned for January 2023LENGTH:
approx. 91 minutesORIGINAL LANGUAGE:
GermanVERSIONS:
OmU Deutsch, OwS English -
CREDITS
writer, director & camera: Marko Doringer
assistant director: Stefan Pircher Verdorfer
script consultant: Andres Veiel
second camera: Joerg Burger u.a.
sound: Tong Zhang u.a.
editing: Daniel Flax, Marko Doringermusic: Elsa Tootsie & the Mini Band,
. Les Hommes Sauvages
sound design: Veronika Hlawatsch
score mix: Nico Berthold
studio for score mix: Victoria Studios
re-recording mix: Alex Koller
studio for re-recording mix: The Grand Postcolor correction: Klaus Pamminger
title design: Mieke Ulfig
website: Gerhard Roider | roider.atcommissioning editor: Susanne Spellitz | ORF
producer: Marko Doringer | Filmfabrik -
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project partners
funded by:
Austrian Film Institute
FISA – Film Industry Support Austria
Government of Lower Austria
Government of Salzburg
project development also supported by:
Filmfonds Vienna
in cooperation with:
ORF Film/Fernseh-Abkommen
produced by:
Marko Doringer film production
© Filmfabrik Marko Doringer film production
FEATURED MUSIC
→ Elsa Tootsie and The Mini Band
. by Daniel Schatz, Artur Nutz
. & Michael Prehofer
→ Les Hommes Sauvages
. byKristof Hahn(Swans)
→ Sultans of Gedankenbrain
. byKristof Hahn(Swans)