Directed by Jakob Zapf and co-written with Ashu B.A. and Marcus Seibert,
A Handful of Water stars German screen legend Jürgen Prochnow as a grieving widower who finds an 11-year-old
Yemeni refugee (Milena Pribek) hiding from the police in his basement. The two
strike up an unlikely friendship.
Anja Schiffel, Pegah Ferydoni, Regine Vergeen, Rainer Ewerrien and
Anke Sevenich also star.
A Handful of Water doesn't have a UK/ROI release yet but
viewers in the US can catch it on Indiepix Unlimited from April 7th.
Check out the US trailer and poster below.
The official synopsis reads:
Jürgen Prochnow (Das Boot, Dune) stars as Konrad, a cantankerous old man still mourning his wife’s death, living alone in a large house with little but a tropical fish tank for company. At the other end of town, 11-year-old Thurba (Milena Pribek) has other problems: the police are at the door and want to deport and resettle her Yemeni family to Bulgaria. But that only works if all the children are there, so the resourceful young girl jumps from the second floor and runs away to seek shelter and food in Konrad’s basement. Unfortunately, and much to his horror, thinking Thurba is a burglar, he accidentally injures her. From there – and despite his initial rejections – the unlikely pair strikes up a tender friendship that will changes both of their lives forever.
