Directed by:
Martin GypkensScreenplay:
Martin GypkensCinematography:
Eeva FleigComposer:
Martin TodsharowCast:
August Diehl, Chiara Schoras, Fritzi Haberlandt, Janek Rieke, Stipe Erceg, Walter Kreye, Christine Schorn, Maria Simon, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Jessica Schwarz (more)Plots(1)
Five stories, five journeys: Ellen and Felix travel across America. Bugged by Felix' constant nagging, Ellen would like to cut the trip short and go home. But then they run into barkeeper Annie and her regular guest Buddy – and a mysterious ghost buster who studies haunted houses.
Caro visits her best friend, the actress Ruth, who has fallen for her handsome stage colleague Raoul. Caro, too, is attracted to the taciturn actor, and secretly accepts his invitation to visit him.
Jonas and Irene, whose respective relationships have just collapsed, travel together to Iceland to visit a friend of Irene's, Magnus, who lives with Jonina. Iceland's harsh climate has an electrifying effect on Jonas and Irene.
Christine and her friend Nora visit Nora's ex-boyfriend Kaspar in Jamaica. An approaching hurricane echoes the chaotic emotions experienced by the three friends on the island.
Dumped by her boyfriend, Marion visits her parents, whose travels have brought them to Venice. There she has a strange encounter with an elegant Italian, but can't bear to be with her mother, who continues to dominate her life.
Stories of love and anguish that take us to the ends of the world: Martin Gypkens has woven these five tales, based on bestselling short stories by Judith Hermann, into a filmic fugue of companionship, longing and bewildered emotions.
(Berlinale)
Cast
August Diehl
West Germany
Best movies:
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Frau Ella (2013)
Dr. Alemán (2008)
Chiara Schoras
West Germany
Best movies:
Head Full of Honey (2014)
Sapphire Blue (2014)
Ruby Red (2013)
Fritzi Haberlandt
East Germany
Best movies:
Fog in August (2016)
Summer Window (2011)
Erbsen auf halb 6 (2004)
Janek Rieke
West Germany
Best movies:
Herr Lehmann (2003)
Distant Lights (2003)
The White Massai (2005)
Stipe Erceg
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
Die Kirschenkönigin (2004) (series)
The Educators (2004)
Walter Kreye
German Empire
Best movies:
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Maximum Speed - Renn' um dein Leben! (2002) (TV movie)
Christine Schorn
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
The Woman and the Stranger (1985)
Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
Mein Vater (2003) (TV movie)
Maria Simon
East Germany
Best movies:
Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
A Hidden Life (2019)
Passing Summer (2001)
Wotan Wilke Möhring
West Germany
Best movies:
Valkyrie (2008)
Who Am I - No System Is Safe (2014)
The Experiment (2001)
Jessica Schwarz
West Germany
Best movies:
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
Off Beat (2004)
Death of a Superhero (2011)
Dale Dickey
USA
Best movies:
Changeling (2008)
Iron Man 3 (2013)
The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love (1995)
Valur Freyr Einarsson
Best movies:
Life in a Fishbowl (2014)
Brigitte Hobmeier
West Germany
Best movies:
My Life in Orange (2011)
Winter Journey (2006)
Trenker And Riefenstahl - A Fine Line Between Truth And Guilt (2015) (TV movie)
Sólveig Arnarsdóttir
Iceland
Best movies:
Let Me Fall (2018)
Jargo (2004)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Ina Weisse
West Germany
Best movies:
Never Look Away (2018)
Regular Guys (1996)
Snowland (2005)
Bonnie Hellman
USA
Best movies:
Grudge Match (2013)
Stardust Memories (1980)
Anger Management (2003)