‘How to Be Normal and the Oddness of the Other World’ Boarded by Alpha Violet Ahead of Berlin – Clip (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comNick Vivarelli International Correspondent Paris-based sales company Alpha Violet has taken international sales on teen mental health drama “How to Be Normal and the Oddness of the Other World,” a first feature by Austrian filmmaker Florian Pochlatko, ahead of its Berlin Film Festival bow.
The film, about a young woman’s search for sanity after leaving a psychiatric hospital, will premiere in the festival’s new Berlinale Perspectives section dedicated to first features.
In “How to Be Normal,” Pia – played by Austrian actor Luisa-Céline Gaffron (“And Tomorrow the Entire World”) – moves back in with her parents after being discharged from a psychiatric hospital. “Juggling jobs, heartbreak, meds, and stigma, she stumbles into a world that feels as unsteady as she does,” says the provided synopsis.
Alpha Violet co-founder Virginie Devesa in a statement praised “How to Be Normal” as “an inventive and energetic movie,” noting that “Florian Pochlatko‘s vision of the world we live in is so playful.” “How to Be Normal” producer Arash T.
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