One ordinary day, forty-year-old crane operator Thomas receives a call from his wife, Carla, while at work. She is in hospital, having survived a car accident that killed her dance partner. Still in shock, Carla tries to speak openly and honestly about the accident and her relationship with the man who died, but Thomas struggles to understand her and begins to withdraw. A master of cinematic minimalism, Angela Schanelec explores the failure of communication between two people and their fragile search for a shared language. The film premiered in the Berlinale Competition.
My Wife Cries
Meine Frau weint Director Angela Schanelec
1 hr. 32 min. · Germany, France, 2026 · Drama · German · Subtitles: Lithuanian, English · Pegi 13
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 32 min.
- Country, year
- Germany, France, 2026
- Genre
- Drama
- Language
- German
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- Pegi 13
Credits
- Director
- Angela Schanelec
- Screenplay
- Angela Schanelec
- Producers
- Kirill Krasovski
- Cinematography
- Marius Panduru
- Cast
- Vladimir Vulević, Agathe Bonitzer, Birte Schnöink, Pauline Rebmann, Ben Carter, Thorbjörn Björnsson, Clara Gostynski, Laure-Lucile Simon
- More information
- www.imdb.com
- MUBI
- View on MUBI
Festivals and awards
- The Silvestre Award for Best Feature Film · 2026
Director
Angela Schanelec
Born in southern Germany in 1962, Angela Schanelec studied acting in Frankfurt am Main before performing at Hamburg’s Thalia Theater and Berlin’s Schaubühne. From 1990 to 1995, she studied directing at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin. She is currently Professor of Narrative Film at the University of Fine Arts Hamburg. Her films have screened at major festivals including the Berlinale, Cannes and Locarno.
