Directed by:
Sven TaddickenScreenplay:
Sven TaddickenCinematography:
Daniela KnappComposer:
Eric NeveuxCast:
Luise Heyer, Maximilian Brückner, Leonard Kunz, Julius Nitschkoff, Oskar Bökelmann, Hannah Schiller, Jakob Schmidt, Vivien Sczesny, Susanne Sachsse (more)Plots(1)
Married couple Malte (Maximilian Brückner) and Liv (Luise Heyer) are enjoying their Mallorca vacation until the unthinkable happens: they are assaulted by three young men and Liv is raped while Malte is pinned down, unable to stop them, forced to watch. Back in Germany their life appears to return to something like normal. They continue to teach at the same high school and Malte plays weekend gigs with his band. We learn that it’s been two years since the assault. Liv has been seeing a therapist. She wants to move on, in the bedroom and otherwise, even openly talking about what happened with friends and forgiving her attacker in the abstract. But Malte is stuck, unable to absolve the rapist or more importantly, himself, for what happened. And then, he sees him. He’s ordering a kebab after what seems like a fun night out with his girlfriend. How is this even possible? With their relationship tenuously held together by the pretense of normalcy, and without the help of the police, Liv and Malte must chart a path forward, together. (Toronto International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Luise Heyer
Germany
Best movies:
Head Burst (2019)
Jack (2014)
A Gift from the Gods (2014)
Maximilian Brückner
West Germany
Best movies:
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005)
Line of Separation (2015) (series)
Cherry Blossoms (2008)
Leonard Kunz
Best movies:
Free Country (2019)
A Hidden Life (2019)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Julius Nitschkoff
Best movies:
4 Days in May (2011)
Beat (2018) (series)
Lommbock (2017)
Oskar Bökelmann
Best movies:
Land of Mine (2015)
Verfehlung (2015)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Hannah Schiller
Germany
Best movies:
Die Mütter-Mafia (2014) (TV movie)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Jakob Schmidt
Best movies:
All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Christmas Crossfire (2020)
Vivien Sczesny
Best movies:
How to Be Really Bad (2018)
Ein starkes Team (1994) (series)
Susanne Sachsse
Best movies:
No Place to Go (2000)
Alaska.de (2000)
The Misandrists (2017)
Aurel Manthei
West Germany
Best movies:
Rivals Forever - The Sneaker Battle (2015) (TV movie)
About a Girl (2014)
Harter Brocken - Der Waffendeal (2021) (TV movie)
Orhan Kılıç
West Germany
Best movies:
Die Opfer - Vergesst mich nicht (2016) (TV movie)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Ein Sommer auf Zypern (2017) (TV movie)
Jasna Fritzi Bauer
West Germany
Best movies:
Yesterday Girl (1966)
About a Girl (2014)
Barbara (2012)
Inga Birkenfeld
Best movies:
The Lives of Others (2006)
Never Look Away (2018)
A Coffee in Berlin (2012)
Matthias Lier
East Germany
Best movies:
I Will Not Be Silent (2017) (TV movie)
HomeSick (2015)
Shiverstone Castle (2016)
Ronald Kukulies
West Germany
Best movies:
Balloon (2018)
Das Adlon. Eine Familiensaga (2013) (series)
54 Hours (2018) (series)
Florian Bartholomäi
West Germany
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
Never Look Away (2018)
Duell der Brüder - Die Geschichte von Adidas und Puma (2016) (TV movie)
Markus Anton
West Germany
Kristin Meyer
West Germany
Best movies:
Tatort (1970) (series)
Christian Skibinski
Best movies:
55 Steps (2017)
How About Adolf? (2018)
Center of My World (2016)
Mirko Kraft
West Germany