Directed by:
Jan SpeckenbachCinematography:
Tilo HaukeCast:
Johanna Wokalek, Hans-Jochen Wagner, Georg Arms, Ricky Watson, Inga Birkenfeld, Andrea Szabová, Ondrej Kovaľ, Emil von Schönfels, Matěj RůžičkaPlots(1)
A mother goes away, leaving her husband and their two children in limbo. She is driven by a force she cannot ignore: freedom. In Vienna, Nora wanders through a museum, succumbs to a flirtation and then thumbs a lift to Bratislava. Nora conceals her origin behind small lies, changes her appearance, finds work as a chambermaid and makes friends with the young Slovak woman Etela, a stripper, and her husband Tamás, a cook. Meanwhile in Berlin, Philip tries to keep his family and job as well as his affair with Monika going. Against his own convictions, he, a lawyer, defends a xenophobic youngster, struggles with the role of single parent. Philip finds an – albeit unconscious – ear for his worries in the figure of a coma patient... The freedom Nora is longing for becomes Philip's chains. (Locarno Festival)
(more)Cast
Johanna Wokalek
West Germany
Best movies:
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
North Face (2008)
Die Kirschenkönigin (2004) (series)
Hans-Jochen Wagner
West Germany
Best movies:
Everyone Else (2009)
Lore (2012)
Windows on Monday (2006)
Georg Arms
Best movies:
Jack (2014)
Gundermann (2018)
Freedom (2017)
Ricky Watson
USA
Best movies:
Race (2016)
55 Steps (2017)
The Gift Horse (2009)
Inga Birkenfeld
Best movies:
The Lives of Others (2006)
Never Look Away (2018)
A Coffee in Berlin (2012)
Andrea Szabová
Best movies:
Freedom (2017)
Mosquitoes' Tango (2009)
Ondrej Kovaľ
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Želary (2003)
Identity Card (2010)
Tančiareň (2013) (theatrical recording)
Emil von Schönfels
Germany
Best movies:
Sense8 (2015) (series)
13 Minutes (2015)
Alone in Berlin (2016)
Matěj Růžička
Best movies:
Shadow Country (2020)
Freedom (2017)