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Reality Fiction
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| "Reality Fiction"
- About the Production
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The Traveler
was shot on location in Berlin. The film is what one could describe as "reality-fiction". It is made to appear like a fiction film, but actually blends the borders between fiction and documentary. The only actors in the film are the main character, Albin, and his former girlfriend Lisa. All other characters in the film are real human beings, convinced, at the time of shooting, that they are in a documentary. |
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| William Olsson, the director, and Johannes Albin Alfvén, the main actor, traveled to Berlin together. In order to move around freely and to blend in more easily, William had no crew, but did the filming himself. Johannes became one with Albin and William told the people they met that he was doing a documentary about his friend Albin’s journey. People opened up their lives and the camera was allowed to register everything as "Albin" made friends for real, interacted in their lives and fell in love. The film was shot this way to attain a realism that can only be achieved through a documentary technique. Real people. Real places. In one word: Authenticity. |
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The "real"
characters in the film were informed after the shooting and have given their approval to appear in The Traveler.  |
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The Traveler not only poses questions of what is real and what is fiction. It captures the essence of the backpacker culture and of a very confused, yet hopeful generation. It is a film about young peoples dreams and difficulties. About people from all over the world coming together at a hostel during a summer. The Traveler tells the compelling story of a confused young man trying to find a meaning in life. | 
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