Directed by:
Philip GröningScreenplay:
Philip GröningCinematography:
Philip GröningCast:
Josef Mattes, Julia Zange, Urs Jucker, Stefan Konarske, Zita Aretz, Karolina Porcari, Vitus Zeplichal, Susanne Wuest, David Zimmerschied, Daniel Zillmann (more)Plots(1)
Summertime. In the midst of undulating cornfields next to a country petrol station, Robert is helping Elena prepare for her final school philosophy exam. These twins live in a world of their own. Sometimes they are tender to each other, other times quite violent. Robert likes to drink beer and talk about Brentano and Heidegger: ‘The sense of being is time.’ Certain rituals, games, and a love of betting connect them. Elena is jealous of her best friend and wants to know if Robert has slept with her but he’s not telling. She challenges him to a bet: ‘I’ll sleep with someone – anyone – before I graduate.’ If she loses, he gets the VW Golf. If she wins, he has to ask her for something. It doesn’t matter what, but it can’t be an object. And so they have 48 hours left in order to get their heads around philosophy and win a bet. Their game grows more serious as the end of their childhood draws nearer and nearer. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Josef Mattes
Best movies:
Single by Contract (2010)
Silent Youth (2012)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Julia Zange
West Germany
Best movies:
Tatort (1970) (series)
Urs Jucker
Switzerland
Best movies:
Vitus (2006)
Cut Off (2018)
Dora or The Sexual Neuroses of Our Parents (2015)
Stefan Konarske
West Germany
Best movies:
Tough Enough (2006)
Das Wunder von Berlin (2008) (TV movie)
Same Same But Different (2009)
Karolina Porcari
Poland
Best movies:
Rose (2011)
Women's Day (2012)
Spies of Warsaw (2013) (series)
Vitus Zeplichal
Austria
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Satan's Brew (1976)
I Only Want You to Love Me (1976) (TV movie)
Susanne Wuest
Austria
David Zimmerschied
West Germany
Best movies:
Generation War (2013) (series)
Line of Separation (2015) (series)
13 Minutes (2015)
Daniel Zillmann
West Germany
Best movies:
The Same Sky (2017) (series)
My Life in Orange (2011)
Me and Kaminski (2015)
Tom Gramenz
Germany
Best movies:
The Silent Revolution (2018)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Henry Arnold
West Germany
Best movies:
A Five Star Life (2013)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Inga Lindström (2004) (series)
Moritz Leu
Best movies:
54 Hours (2018) (series)
4 Kings (2015)
The Nightmare (2015)
Oskar von Schönfels
Best movies:
Narcissus and Goldmund (2020)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Frühling (2011) (series)