Mojo Royal is a quirky story about trying to pick up the pieces when life doesn't turn out as expected. When does it ever? The film is the latest project from Berlin-based filmmaking duo Ben and Lise of Yellow House Films.
Sometimes, you just have to seize the moment. This is such a project. Financed privately and through crowdfunding, the film is being shot guerrilla-style in the duo's own neighbourhood.
Mojo Royal, a black comedy from Berlin Kreuzberg in the making…
Former actress Lotte (45) thinks she has everything under control. But when her super-boyfriend Nolan leaves her, her world comes crashing down: She has no children, no job and no flat. Broke and heartbroken, she tries to make ends meet by working as a private tutor. She meets Mo (24), who is likeable but impulsive. He is trying desperately to catch up with his A-level studies in order to free himself from his family's clutches. A deal is struck. In exchange for €1,700, Lotte is supposed to get Mo ready for his final exams in just six weeks. The lives of Mo and Lotte collide. On an anarchic journey together, they learn to free themselves from their inner and outer constraints — but even in colourful Kreuzberg, the mismatched pair encounter fierce resistance.
With: Lise Risom Olsen, Mo Issa, Hasan Tasgin, Dela Dabulamanzi, Markus von Lingen, Jasmin Tabatabai, Ludwig Blochberger, Alberto Ruano, Barbara Philip, Laura de Boer a.o.
Script and director: Ben von Grafentstein
Camera: Sebastian Lempe
Costumes: Sandra Tiersch and Luca Harting
Set design: Gretl Kautsch
Sound: André Goethers
1AD’s: Alberto Ruano & Monica Pokorna
Camera assistant: Jakob Hegewisch-Allen
Producers: Ben von Grafenstein, Lise Risom Olsen, Tina Hegewisch
Line Producer: Angelina Kolodzig
A production by Yellow House Films and NextFilm.