When the film begins, it is all over. “We know it’s terminal, and that’s all”, says Juliane of her mother Kerstin, who is in great pain and about to die aged just 64. Although the young doctor she consults acknowledges on a personal level that everyone has the right to manage their own death, he nonetheless reminds her that euthanasia is still illegal in Germany. This is even more the case at the Catholic hospice where Kerstin is staying. As relatives come to say goodbye to her mother and the emotions of memories mingle with the anticipation of grief, Juliane finds herself having to do battle with time – unbending, apathetic and monochrome – and this is superbly reflected in the convulsions of the handheld camera in wide shots.
Based on personal experience, Jessica Krummacher’s second feature film vividly relates the painful story of losing a parent. There is no violence or morbidity, rather the director describes the most important of events via the smallest, most fragile of details – the exchanging of words, texts and tender gestures that remain with us and get under our skin.
木村拓哉,大杉涟,织田裕二,妻夫木聪,齐藤由贵
格伦·克洛斯,英格瓦·埃盖特·西古德松,安德斯·丹尼尔森·李,佩卡·斯特朗,索菲亚·海基拉,埃米莉·马修斯
玛洛·赫比齐,伊迪尔·阿祖格利,安德丽·贝斯孔,Ashley Romano,亚历克西斯·曼蒂,Kilia Fernane,Léa Gorla,Alexandra Noisier,安东尼娅·布雷西,Sandra Bijou,Francesca Giromella,纪尧姆·维迪尔,Gaëtan Thomas,Jean-Jacques Rouvière,Mohamed Mallek,Rahimo Dennoun,Michael Yardimci,Hakim Bousnina,Maïssa Sabirh,Mahé
罗曼·杜里斯,茱迪丝·谢拉,Mei Cirne-Masuki,Tsuyu,内田春菊,Yumi Narita,帕特里克·德康,阿部进之介
仪铭,陈佩玲,龍宣,杨惠姗,万山,江彬,张复民,李影
萩原利久,藤堂日向,井浦新