When the film begins, it is all over. “We know it’s terminal, and that’s all”, says Juliane of her 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.详情
塞缪尔·杰克逊,约翰·大卫·华盛顿,丹妮尔·戴德怀勒,雷·费舍尔,科里·霍金斯,迈克尔·波茨,Skylar Smith,史蒂芬·詹姆士,埃丽卡·巴杜,Malik J Ali,查丽蒂·乔丹,Isaiah Gunn,Matrell Smith,杰瑞卡·辛顿,盖尔·比恩,Hanniel Joseph,保莱塔·华盛顿,奥利维亚·华盛顿,Kylee D. Allen,Deetta West