Nena (film)

Nena is a 2014 German-Dutch romantic drama film directed by Saskia Diesing from a script she co-wrote with Esther Gerritsen that was given 2014 Golden Calf awards for best director and best actress,^[1][2] and was noted with a special mention at the 2015 Berlinale.^[3] The film's North American premiere was celebrated at the Mill Valley Film Festival in San Rafael, California, on 16 October 2015.^{[citation needed]} Set in the Netherlands in 1989, the film is inspired by Diesing's own experiences of adolescence, as well as her father's battle with multiple sclerosis.^[4]

Nena
Film poster
Directed by	Saskia Diesing
Written by	Saskia Diesing Esther Gerritsen
Produced by	Hanneke Niens Hans de Wolf
Starring	Abbey Hoes Uwe Ochsenknecht Gijs Blom
Cinematography	Aage Hollander
Music by	Paul Eisenach
Distributed by	Cinéart
Release date	11 September 2014 (2014-09-11)
Running time	90 minutes
Countries	Germany Netherlands
Languages	Dutch German

Cast

• Abbey Hoes as Nena
• Gijs Blom as Carlo
• Uwe Ochsenknecht as Martin, Nena's father
• Monic Hendrickx as Martha, Nena's mother
• André Jung as Paul
• Magdalena Helmig as Nurse
• Jelmer Ouwerkerk as Catcher