In search of a new orientation in life, a former ballet dancer Nadja returns to her mother's. There she meets Mario, her son, who she left as a teenager and let him grow up with her mother. The two have hardly ever met and feel physically attracted to each other from the first moment. Gradually, they develop an intense, passionate relationship beyond moral conventions. Their physical encounters become more and more a struggle to define one’s own self and a recognition in the other.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 45 min.
- Country, year
- Germany, 2022
- Genre
- Drama
- Language
- German
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- N-18
Credits
- Director
- Isabelle Stever
- Screenplay
- Anna Melikova
- Producers
- Armin Hofmann, Frank Geiger, Mohammad Farokhmanesh
- Cinematography
- Constantin Campean
- Music
- Thomas Mehlhorn
- Cast
- Sarah Nevada Grether, Emil von Schönfels, Susanne Bredehöft
Festivals and awards
Sponsors and partners
- Supported by
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Director
Isabelle Stever
Isabelle Stever studied maths at TU Berlin and then film directing at the DFFB. Her graduation film Portrait of a Married Couple won the First Steps Award. Since then, her feature films have regularly been invited to international festivals. Alongside her work as a director and screenwriter, she is also a lecturer at the DFFB, the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. In 2021, she's been honored with a fellowship at Villa Aurora, LA.
