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Home for the Weekend

Over a summer weekend, Guenther and Gitte, living in a luxurious house in the countryside, are enjoying a visit from their son Marko, who dropped in from Berlin. Marko is a budding author, while their other son Jacob has just opened a dental practice in the area. Life goes by in slow rhythms when their mother – a chronic manic depressive - fesses up to having stopped taking her meds.

Over a summer weekend, Guenther and Gitte, living in a luxurious house in the countryside, are enjoying a visit from their son Marko, who dropped in from Berlin. Marko is a budding author, while their other son Jacob has just opened a dental practice in the area. Life goes by in slow rhythms when their mother – a chronic manic depressive - fesses up to having stopped taking her meds. From that moment on, nothing will stay the same as their ‘perfect family’ façade is irretrievably shattered. The dynamic duo of Schmid and Lange, whose first collaboration spawned the much talked-about "Requiem", returns to form with another powerful film about guilty secrets and the hypocrisy of the German middle class. "Home for the Weekend" is a stealthy drama that sees right through the pretence of prosperity, revealing the dysfunctional nature of relationships in contemporary society. K.Th.


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Original title: Was Bleibt

Σκηνοθεσία / Director: Hans-Christian Schmid

Σενάριο / Screenwriter: Bernd Lange

Φωτογραφία / DoP: Bogumil Godfrejow

Μουσική / Music: The Notwist

Μοντάζ / Editor: Hansjörg Weißbrich

Ηθοποιοί / Principal Cast: Lars Eidinger, Corinna Harfouch, Sebastian Zimmler, Ernst Stötzner

Γερμανία / Germany

2012

Εγχρωμο / Color

84'

Γερμανικά / German

* Screened on September 24th (press screening), September 25th and September 26th



    Publication date: 2012-09-13 12:10:00