A memorable performance from one of Europe’s leading actresses
The Berlin theatre scene provides the background for this moving and widely praised exploration of family ties. Lisa is a playwright who has put her career on hold and moved to Switzerland to support her husband, but she is also nursing her twin brother Sven (Lars Eidinger from Babylon Berlin), a brilliant, erratic actor stricken with leukaemia. Nina Hoss, one of Germany’s leading actresses (and Christian Petzold’s favourite leading lady), gives a performance of terrific intensity and subtlety in this deeply felt exploration of the ties between brother and sister, ties that will endure until death.
“a graceful drama that twists the tear-soaked conventions of the cancer drama into something raw and satisfying…miles more powerful, and far more real than other films of its ilk…eschewing the expected for the raw emotion of real life.” (Indie Wire)
Véronique Reymond, Stéphanie Chuat
Véronique Reymond and Stéphanie Chuat have known each other since childhood. Both trained as actresses and began using video in their plays. Together they have directed short films including Berlin Backstage (2004); documentaries including Evening Class for Adults (2005), Buffo, Buten & Howard (2009), and Ladies (2018); and the television series Open Book (2014). Their previous feature film collaboration was The Little Bedroom (2010).
