i live In Life

Documentary

When Alzheimer’s upends the relationship between Anna-Riitta and her youngest son Lars, he grasps at a last chance to understand a little-discussed chapter of his mother’s life. He asks her about a provocative collection of WWII snapshots that show her socializing with officers of the German Luftwaffe, during the Continuation War between Finland and the Soviet Union, but gets no satisfying answers. Then when Lars’ elder sister Anneli arrives to get Anna-Riitta’s signature on a ‘life-certificate’ for her Danish pension, the impact of her disease is plain. In documenting Lars’ efforts to keep a connection with his mother alive, i live In Life ponders the question, who are we if we don’t remember who we are?

Credits

Liam Billingham – Story Consultant, Co-Producer
Cristina Cordero – Editor
Yessica Curiel Montoya – Director of Photography
Jeanette Sears – Additional Photography
Heidi Mueller – Assistant Director
Ian Bibby – Assistant Camera
Xia Sheng, Niav Conty and Jon Olson – Location Sound
Lars Fuchs – Sound Design

Cast

Anna-Riitta Fuchs
Anneli Fuchs
Lars Fuchs
Martin Fuchs
Peter Fuchs
Oskar

Lars Fuchs

Danish-born filmmaker Lars Fuchs came to the United States as an infant in the ’60’s, and has made New York City his home ever since. He was irredeemably lost to film at Cornell University, where an introductory film-making course tempted him away from a career as a computer programmer. Now, after over twenty years’ experience as an editor for film and television, he looks forward to graduating with a City College MFA and the challenge of making his own films.

Specialization

Directing, Documentary

Quote

“Reasonable men adapt themselves to their environment. Unreasonable men persist in trying to adapt their environment to themselves. Therefore, all progress is made by unreasonable men.”
— George Bernard Shaw

Credits

Producer – “Future Perfect”
PA/Grip – “Lost in the City”
Color Correction – “Small Talk”
DIT & Location Manager – “Outworld”

Contact Lars

director@klipper.tv