GRILLI WON’T GIVE UP

A struggling musician finds himself caught up in all sorts of mishaps as he fights his way up from the very bottom to… well, not quite that far down.

Grilli has a dream. The biggest dream of them all. He wants to fill the country’s stadiums with the sound of his acoustic guitar and send crowds of people into a frenzy. But Grilli has a huge problem. He’s now in his mid-thirties and hasn’t achieved anything in his life yet. Instead, he drifts through Bremen’s pubs, entertaining a handful of drunks. It’s high time something finally changed. After all, he’s been working towards his dream since he was twelve.


The problem lies in his birthplace, Bremen-Blumenthal. This behemoth of mediocrity sucks all the colour out of its residents. The most interesting thing that can happen to you here is moving away. That’s why Grilli has never been rock ’n’ roll.


But Grilli isn’t giving up! And so, armed with his acoustic guitar and songs about Bud Spencer’s beard, suicide in space and riding a moped, he’s fighting for the women, the rent and, above all, just to be heard.

Series
Completed
15 minutes
Director
Florian Vey
Script
Florian Vey
Director of Photography
Moritz Moessinger
Production
Kinescope Film GmbH
Producer
Matthias Greving
Kirsten Lukaczik
Line producer
Janina Sara Hennemann
Funding
CLOSEUP Bremen-Stipendium