In a repressive three class-society, Paula, a simple supporting character, is about to face the most important test of her life: she has to prove she deserves to be a lead. She is at the top of her class at the Main Character School – but so far has failed in generating great emotional music. In search of a solution, she finds herself in the abyss of the cinematic world, on the fringes of the storyline and lost amongst the outtakes. Paula is beginning to doubt. Herself. Her place in the story. And about those who tell the stories.

“Refreshing, ingenious, and unrelentingly inventive, Sophie Linnenbaum’s debut feature displays a dazzling command of her material, which mixes political satire and what is described as a parallel cinematic world.” (www.eyeforfilm.co.uk, Richard Mowe)

Sophie Linnenbaum was born in Nuremberg/Germany in 1986. After studying Psychology, she worked as a playwright before taking up her Directing studies at the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF. She makes series and documentaries. With THE ORDINARIES, her first feature film, she completed her Directing studies.

Filmography: 2016 [OUT OF FRA]ME, 2017 MONDAY – A GERMAN LOVE STORY; RIEN NE VA PLUS (ex 31), 2019 DAS MENSCH (ex 32; all short films); DRUCK (series), 2021 VÄTER UNSER (documentary), 2022 THE ORDINARIES

Awards: German Cinema New Talent Award for Best Directing and Best Producing (Filmfest München/Germany 2022), Award for Best Debut Film (Bunte New Faces Award, Berlin/Germany 2022)