“Kinesen” a.k.a. “Your Father” a.k.a. “German Triad” is the second Gogola Challenge production by director Aidin Akbari, producer Jesper Wahlqvist and production assistant Axel Brännmark. The actors are Amanda Fredholm Hedqvist, Felicia Bökman, Hagob Manoukian and Peter Gategren.
The plot: Two women, Iris and Moa, discuss the Bechdel test. Someone knocks on the door. There we see an elderly, German man and his translator. The translator explains that the biological father of one of the women has passed away. The father was the head of the so-called German triad. The translator does not explain what that exactly is, but says her father was a powerful man and that this triad needs her to take her father’s place.
For this production, the rules were:
1. The script must be written by the Gogola brothers.
2. The script cannot contain sex, violence and drugs (the brothers broke their own rule).
3. The film must contain two women talking about something else besides men (to pass the so-called Bechdel test).
4. The film must contain a character played by Hagob Manoukian.
5. During the shoot, you shall use a lamp, an external mic, a tripod and a clapperboard, used under a conventional shooting routine (“Scene 1A, take 1, frame, action!”).
6. Aidin directs and shoots.
7. Jesper produces. Only Jesper handle the schedule and everyone must follow his decisions regarding this. Jesper is King of Practicalities, so to speak.
8. Any person, except Jesper, handles the clapperboard, that is, acts as a production assistant. Jesper must not explain how to use the clapperboard.
9. The film cannot be longer than five minutes.
10. Deadline: February 8th at noon.
11. The film must be shot and take place in one room only (they broke this rule).
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