Directed by:
Mara Eibl-EibesfeldtScreenplay:
Johanna StuttmannCinematography:
Jürgen JürgesComposer:
Jörg LembergCast:
Ben Litwinschuh, Lutz Simon Eilert, Helena Pieske, Ludwig Trepte, Matthias Koeberlin, Sylvie Testud, Alexandra Finder, Katharina Ley, Petra FehrmannPlots(1)
Jonas is already head of the family at just 12 years of age. He has been helping his two younger siblings and supporting his mother, Sabine, since his father left. Sabine is very loving towards her children but she often loses her patience and disappears into her room for the day. Mysterious demons drive her to spend a weekend away to relax in the 'sunny valley'. But the weekend grows into weeks in which the three children hear nothing from their mother. Food and money have long since run out, the house has become more and more like a haunted castle: a spiderweb house. Jonas tries his best to maintain the appearance of an intact family. On the hunt for something to eat, he meets a young man, Felix Count of Gütersloh, who speaks in rhymes and declares himself to be 'not quite right in the head'. Rather like a guardian angel, he takes Jonas under his wing and shows him how to get by in a world without adults. The film is less a social drama than a modern-day fairy tale shot in black and white. The audience is immersed in the eerily beautiful world of the children which unfolds its own particular magic. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
![Helena Pieske](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/330/160330811_64d4c2.jpg)
Helena Pieske
Best movies:
The Seed (2021)
Frühling (2011) (series)
Kreuzfahrt ins Glück (2007) (series)
![Ludwig Trepte](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/036/677/36677356_41fd95.jpg)
Ludwig Trepte
Best movies:
Generation War (2013) (series)
1864 - Brødre i krig (2014)
Line of Separation (2015) (series)
![Matthias Koeberlin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/415/168415259_9prcte.jpg)
Matthias Koeberlin
West Germany
Best movies:
Head Full of Honey (2014)
Amen. (2002)
Go West - Freiheit um jeden Preis (2011) (TV movie)
![Sylvie Testud](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/145/164145911_d4da8a.png)
Sylvie Testud
France
Best movies:
Maximilian & Marie De Bourgogne (2017) (series)
Beyond Silence (1996)
La Vie en rose (2007)
![Alexandra Finder](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/581/160581407_ac5072.jpg)
Alexandra Finder
Best movies:
Aus der Haut (2016) (TV movie)
Tatort (1970) (series)
The City Below (2010)
Petra Fehrmann
Best movies:
Vater auf der Flucht (2007) (TV movie)
Umwege des Herzens (2001) (TV movie)
Liebe verlernt man nicht (2009) (TV movie)