Mae quit school and ran away from home. After her brother’s death her family is broken. Only his red shoes (Chucks) remain. Mae has to start working in a social institution where she meets Paul. He is funny, sensitive, takes Mae as she is - and he is terminally ill. In a book named Chucks Mae writes down her own story about growing up between life and death: wild, tender and absolutely honest.
Acting
Anna Posch's raw, unpolished vulnerability.
Writing
Voiceover that actually earns its poetry.
Director
Sabine Hiebler
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made by a female directing duo in Austria's notoriously male film industry, quietly revolutionary.
Those red Chucks? Only one pair existed—production couldn't afford backups, so every scuff is authentic wear from Anna Posch actually living in them for weeks.
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