''Pelican Blood'' (german: link=yes, Pelikanblut) is a 2019 German-Bulgarian

drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been ...

horror film directed by

Katrin Gebbe Katrin Gebbe (born 1983) is a German film director and screenwriter. Biography Katrin Gebbe studied liberal arts and visual communication at the '' Academy of Visual Arts'' in Enschede, where she made her first short experimental film.

and starring

Nina Hoss Nina Hoss (; born 7 July 1975) is a German stage and film actress. Early life Hoss was born in Stuttgart, West Germany. Her father, , was a German trade unionist and politician (member of the Bundestag with The Greens). Her mother, , was an act ...

. The film was screened in the Horizons section at the

76th Venice International Film Festival The 76th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 28 August to 7 September 2019. Film director Lucrecia Martel was appointed as the President of the Jury. ''The Truth'', directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, was selected to open the fest ...

. It received the

Méliès d'Or The Méliès d'Or (; en, Golden Méliès) is an award presented annually by the Méliès International Festivals Federation (MIFF), an international network of genre film festivals from Europe. The Méliès d'Or was introduced in 1996 for science ...

for Best European Fantastic Film.

Premise

“A woman who trains police horses adopts her second child, a severely traumatised 5-year-old girl. When the girl shows violent and anti-social behaviour, her new mother becomes determined to help her.”

Cast

as Wiebke * Katerina Lipovska as Raya *

Yana Marinova Yana Marinova (Bulgarian: Яна Маринова) is a Bulgarian actress. Life and career Yana was born on 17 August 1978 and completed higher education in economics. She married at 22 years old and has a son. She participates in Bulgarian fe ...

as Sigrid * Murathan Muslu as Benedict * Sophie Pfennigstorf as Alma * Dimitar Banenkin as Hagen *

Daniela Holtz Daniela Holtz (January 1, 1977) is a German stage, television and film actress. Life Born in Bad Cannstatt, Stuttgart, Holtz grew up in Algeria, Bremen, Bavaria and elsewhere. After graduation she worked as a journalist, before studying acting fr ...

as Bibi

Critical reception

The film holds an approval rating of on

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, with an average rating of based on reviews and has a Letterboxd rating of 3.2/5.

References

External links

* {{Méliès d'Or 2019 films 2019 drama films German drama films 2010s German-language films Bulgarian drama films 2010s German films