Touch Me Not

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Touch Me Not
Romanian film poster
Directed byAdina Pintilie
Written byAdina Pintilie
Produced by
  • Bianca Oana
  • Philippe Avril
  • Adina Pintilie
Starring
CinematographyGeorge Chiper-Lillemark
Edited byAdina Pintilie
Music byIvo Paunov
Production
companies
  • Manekino Film
  • 4 Proof Film
  • Agitprop
  • Les Films de l'Étranger
  • Pink Productions
  • Rohfilm
Distributed by
  • Alamode Film (Germany)
  • Pilot Film (Czech Republic)
  • Nour Films (France)
Release dates
  • 22 February 2018 (2018-02-22) (Berlin)
  • 31 October 2018 (2018-10-31) (France)
  • 1 November 2018 (2018-11-01) (Germany)
Running time
125 minutes
Countries
  • Romania
  • Germany[1]
    Czech Republic[2]
  • France
  • Bulgaria[3]
Languages
  • English
  • German
Budget€1 million[4]
Adina Pintilie

Touch Me Not (Romanian: Nu mă atinge) is a 2018 drama film written and directed by Adina Pintilie, starring Laura Benson, Tómas Lemarquis, and Dirk Lange. The film was screened in the main competition section at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Golden Bear.[5][6][7] Touch Me Not is an experiment between fiction and documentary, and addresses the prejudices of people related to intimacy.[8]

  1. ^ Weissberg, Jay (23 February 2018). "Berlin Film Review: 'Touch Me Not'". Variety. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Czech Films at the Berlinale 2018". Czech Film Center. 25 January 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  3. ^ Blaga, Iulia (17 August 2015). "PRODUCTION: Adina Pintilie Shoots International Coproduction Touch Me Not". Film New Europe Association. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  4. ^ G. S. (25 February 2018). "Le Monde: Filmul "Nu ma atinge", o excursie in intimitate / El Pais: Acordarea Ursului de aur, o alegere discutabila / Ce mai spune presa internationala despre pelicula Adinei Pintilie". HotNews (in Romanian).
  5. ^ Clarke, Stewart (15 January 2018). "Berlin Film Festival Fleshes Out Competition Lineup". Variety. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Competition and Berlinale Special: Christian Petzold, Emily Atef, Lance Daly, Marcelo Martinessi, Cédric Kahn, Adina Pintilie, Markus Imhoof, Mani Haghighi, Måns Månsson and Axel Petersén, David and Nathan Zellner in the Competition programme / Raman Hui, Fernando Solanas, Paul Williams in the Berlinale Special". Berlin International Film Festival. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  7. ^ Pulver, Andrew (25 February 2018). "Romanian film about fear of sexual intimacy wins Golden Bear at Berlin film festival". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  8. ^ "Povestea din spatele filmului "Nu mă atinge-mă". Adina Pintilie: "Este o invitație la empatie"". Știrile Pro TV (in Romanian). 25 February 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.