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This film is edited by Bettina Böhler.
Film Information
In their fourth collaboration to date, director Christian Petzold (Phoenix, Transit) and actress Paula Beer forge an enigmatic depiction of haunting loss and mysterious connection. Petzold imbues this close-quarters drama with atmospheric tension, agitating even the warmest domestic scenes with the disquiet of unspoken history.
After surviving a car crash that kills her boyfriend, Laura (Beer), a music student at university, is taken in by Betty (Barbara Auer), an older woman who witnessed the accident. Betty cares for the unharmed but shaken Laura with a motherly devotion, and soon, Betty, her husband and their adult son are treating Laura like one of the family. But as she grows closer to them, she uncovers ghosts of the past that cannot be ignored.
Reviews
"The film’s blank spaces and ambiguities linger even after a melodramatic pivot that’s easily seen coming, and will entice and confound viewers in equal measure." – Variety
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