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The Presence of Marta
Sunset Boulevard; Mulholland Drive: titles of great movies. Names of famous streets in Los Angeles. The city of dreams. At the end of Sunset Boulevard, where the Street almost leads into the ocean, high up in the mountains, there is a house called Villa Aurora, nowadays. Writer Lion Feuchtwanger and his wife - Marta Feuchtwanger - lived here after they had to escape from the Nazis in Germany because they were Jews, artists, intellectuals. German filmmaker RP Kahl receives a three month residency in Villa Aurora, Los Angeles. He goes on a quest for the spirit of Marta Feuchtwanger and the infinite city L.A. Together with actress Julia Hummer he explores the secret of the villa and the city - an essay film.
