When the film begins, it is all over. “We know it’s terminal, and that’s all”, says Juliane of her mother Kerstin, who is in great pain and about to die aged just 64. Although the young doctor she consults acknowledges on a personal level that everyone has the right to manage their own death, he nonetheless reminds her that euthanasia is still illegal in Germany. This is even more the case at the Catholic hospice where Kerstin is staying. As relatives come to say goodbye to her mother and the emotions of memories mingle with the anticipation of grief, Juliane finds herself having to do battle with time – unbending, apathetic and monochrome – and this is superbly reflected in the convulsions of the handheld camera in wide shots. Based on personal experience, Jessica Krummacher’s second feature film vividly relates the painful story of losing a parent. There is no violence or morbidity, rather the director describes the most important of events via the smallest, most fragile of details – the exchanging of words, texts and tender gestures that remain with us and get under our skin.
罗素·克劳,拉米·马雷克,利奥·伍德尔,迈克尔·珊农,理查德·E·格兰特,科林·汉克斯,约翰·斯拉特里,瑞安·施密特,洛特·弗贝克,马克·奥布莱恩,安德烈亚斯·皮特斯柯曼,史蒂文·佩西,莉迪亚·佩克汉,丹·凯德,罗德里克·希尔,保罗·安东尼·巴伯,唐纳德·萨基·马凯,沃尔夫冈·塞尔尼,杰瑞米·惠勒,菲利普·雅克
伊丽莎·库斯伯特,Elijah Fox,莎娜·詹诺齐奥
艾米莉亚·琼斯,斯科特·麦克纳里,奈萨·多尔蒂,吉娜·戴维斯,科迪·费恩,玛丽亚·巴卡洛娃,贝拉·墨菲,亚当·兰伯特,本·阿塔尔,Ryan Thurston,Isabella Peregrina,Roman Gonzalez,Trent Allen Davis,Cabe Thompson,Atim Udoffia,Becky Leia,Matt Standley,Colleen Ann Bowling,Robert Parsons,Dane Iverson Price