{"id":3810,"date":"2025-09-08T13:58:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T13:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/?post_type=jetpack-portfolio&#038;p=3810"},"modified":"2026-09-09T11:11:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T11:11:15","slug":"the-inverted-well-at","status":"publish","type":"jetpack-portfolio","link":"https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/en\/portfolio\/the-inverted-well-at\/","title":{"rendered":"The Inverted Well (WT)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color\">Fiction \/ approx. 90 min. \/ Production planned in 2026<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">\"The Inverted Well\" tells the story of two insomniac women in their mid-fifties living in worlds that couldn't be more different. Nina files nails in an authoritarian state, while Susanne is stuck in a rut in her own home. United by their insomnia and frustration with the world, they find themselves\u2014bed and all\u2014swallowed by a hole that opens up in the ground one evening, catapulting them upside down to the other side of the globe. One wakes up in the waiting room of a government office, the other in a women's prison cell. Is this what a fresh start looks like?<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"448\" src=\"https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/the-inverted-Well_photo001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3811\" style=\"width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/the-inverted-Well_photo001.jpg 800w, https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/the-inverted-Well_photo001-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/the-inverted-Well_photo001-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/the-inverted-Well_photo001-321x180.jpg 321w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cast:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">Susanne: Annette Frier<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tahireh: Mahsa Rostami<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Crew:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">Director: Narges Kalhor<br>Script: Narges Kalhor and Aydin Alinejad<br>Director of Photography: Christopher Aoun<br>Sound: Philip Hutter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Production Design: Ann-Kristin B\u00fcttner<br>Choreography: Nina Wesemann<br>Music: Marja Burchard<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">Commissioning Editor ZDF: Lucia Haslauer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">A coproduction of the ZDF \/ Das kleine Fernsehspiel.<br>Selected project of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.br.de\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"www.hff-muenchen.de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\" class=\"wp-image-38\" style=\"width: 15px;\" src=\"http:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/external-link.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/external-link.png 256w, https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/external-link-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/external-link-180x180.png 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 15px) 100vw, 15px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.efm-berlinale.de\/en\/copro-market\/projects\/projects.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.efm-berlinale.de\/en\/copro-market\/projects\/projects.html\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.efm-berlinale.de\/en\/copro-market\/projects\/projects.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.efm-berlinale.de\/en\/copro-market\/projects\/projects.html\">Berlinale Co-Production Market 2025<\/a><br>and Forum Alentours 2025.<br>Production funded by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.br.de\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"www.hff-muenchen.de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\" class=\"wp-image-38\" style=\"width: 15px;\" src=\"http:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/external-link.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/external-link.png 256w, https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/external-link-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/external-link-180x180.png 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 15px) 100vw, 15px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ffa.de\/richtlinie-zur-jurybasierten-filmfoerderung-des-bundes.html\">German Jury-based Cultural Film Funding<\/a>the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.br.de\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"www.hff-muenchen.de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" 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src=\"http:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/external-link.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/external-link.png 256w, https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/external-link-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/external-link-180x180.png 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 15px) 100vw, 15px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hessenfilm.de\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.hessenfilm.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hessenfilm &amp; Medien<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><br> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"60\" class=\"wp-image-407\" style=\"width: 100px;\" src=\"https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/ZDF_Logo.png\" alt=\"\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"47\" 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src=\"https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/BerlinaleCoProMarket2025.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/BerlinaleCoProMarket2025.png 250w, https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/BerlinaleCoProMarket2025-18x6.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"61\" class=\"wp-image-4543\" style=\"width: 80px;\" src=\"https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ForumAlentours_2025.gif\" alt=\"\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spielfilm \/ ca. 90 Min. \/ Produktion in 2026 geplant &#8222;The Inverted Well&#8220; erz\u00e4hlt die Geschichte von zwei schlaflosen Frauen Mitte F\u00fcnfzig, die in v\u00f6llig gegens\u00e4tzlichen Welten leben. NINA feilt N\u00e4gel in einem autorit\u00e4ren Staat, w\u00e4hrend SUSANNE in ihrem Eigenheim im Stillstand steckt. Geeint durch ihre Schlaflosigkeit und den Frust auf die Welt tut sich&hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3811,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"jetpack-portfolio-type":[21],"jetpack-portfolio-tag":[],"class_list":["post-3810","jetpack-portfolio","type-jetpack-portfolio","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","jetpack-portfolio-type-spielfilm","empty-entry-meta","portfolio-entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio\/3810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/jetpack-portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3810"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio\/3810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6342,"href":"https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio\/3810\/revisions\/6342"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"jetpack-portfolio-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio-type?post=3810"},{"taxonomy":"jetpack-portfolio-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio-tag?post=3810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}