Directed by Steff Gruber Running time 82 minutes Director Steff Gruber Written by Steff Gruber Cast Steff Gruber | Original language(s) German
English
Dutch Initial release 2007 Producer Steff Gruber Editor Steff Gruber | |
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Starring Judith van den Heuvel
Mauro Lando
Steff Gruber
Arthur Gernandt
Linda van Exter
Sandra Slagt Theme music composer Marc Bänteli
Markus Wyrch
Ruedi Burckhalter Cinematography Siegfried Meier
Kurt Würmli Similar Moon in Taurus, Passion Despair, Location Africa, Fetish & Dreams, Fire Fire Desire | ||
Secret Moments is a film by Swiss filmmaker Steff Gruber. It was filmed in the early 1990s in the Netherlands and edited in 2006.
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Overview
The Swiss photographer Steff and the Dutch photo model Angela break off their relationship. Angela returns to the Netherlands. Steff also travels to the Netherlands. He wants to make a film there about pornography and eroticism. Angela and Steff meet occasionally, but Angela has difficulty in understanding Steff and his obsession with pictures. He has to decide between Angela and his world of images.
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"For years I have been researching the background of the trade in erotic pictures, not because it is currently in fashion but as someone who is immediately affected: the constant overstimulation has had a direct influence on my life. Although the portrayals of love, sex and eroticism are usually not to my taste and even repellent to me, I find myself unable to escape from this world of images…"
Steff in Secret Moments
Production
Between 1991 and 1995 Steff Gruber was working on a new film, in which he aimed to investigate the erotic codes in interpersonal relationships. But after he had already filmed more than 120 hours' worth of materials, he felt his theme had been overtaken by media developments and so abandoned it. Thirteen years later, Secret Moments was completed after all. Created exclusively from the original film materials, this is a reflection on the project and the reasons for its initial failure.