简介：87年柏林电影节金熊奖提名. Asuccessfulyounggirl,journalist,Yugoslavbyorigin,arrivestoYugoslaviaonbusinessandgoestovisithermother,whohopesthatherdaughterwillreturnsomeday.Bytheway,shemeetsayoungGermanwhofollowsthetrailofhisfather,ex-soldierofReichwhofoughtinYugoslavarea.AyoungboybelongstothatgenerationofGermanswhichquestionstheirfathers'roleinwar.Thesetwoyoungpeople,eachwithhisownspecificburden,fallinlove,wishingtoestablishaseriousrelationship. JeanineMeerapfelwasborninBuenosAiresasdaughterofGermanJewishparentsthathadfledtheNazis.In1964shecametoUlmtostudyfilmmaking,andsincethenstayedtoliveinGermany.However,shestillisatravelerbetweendifferentworldsandhasassumedtheissuesofexile,immigration,asylum,socialrightsofforeignworkersasthemesforherfilms,timeandagain.In1980shemadeherfirstfeaturefilm,"Malou"forwhichshewrotethescriptandMichaelBallhausdidthecamera.ThefilmwonprizesinCannes,ChicagoandSanSebastian. Hernextfeaturefilmswere"DieVerliebten"(Inlove,1986/87),"LaAmiga"(Thefriend,1987/88)whichwontheBundesfilmpreisaswellas"Amigomio"(Myfriend,1993/94).Herdocumentariesbetween1981and1990receivedaswelldifferentprizes:"ImLandmeinerEltern"(Inthecountryofmyparents)–MannheimerFilmwoche,"DieKummelturkingeht"(Melekleaves)–amongotherstheGermanFilmcritique,"Desembarcos–esgibtkeinVergessen"(Impossibletoforget)-thecityofStrassburg. JeanineMeerapfelismemberoftheAcademyofArtsinBerlinandsince1990professorofFilmandTelevisionattheSuperiorInstituteforMediaStudiesofCologne.ThescriptwriterandfilmmakerwasgiventheArtistsprizeofNordrhein-Westphalenforthetotalityofherworkintheareaoffilmdirection,withthemention"forthestrengthandclarityofherimages,whicharenarratinghumandestiniesinsuchapoeticandsensiblewaythatnobodystaysunmoved".Herlatestfilm"Anna'sSummer"hadit′sfirstscreeninginGermanyattheBerlinale2002…