埃尔希·德·布劳

Whenthefilmbegins,itisallover.“Weknowit’sterminal,andthat’sall”,saysJulianeofhermotherKerstin,whoisingreatpainandabouttodieagedjust64.Althoughtheyoungdoctorsheconsultsacknowledgesonapersonallevelthateveryonehastherighttomanagetheirowndeath,henonethelessremindsherthateuthanasiaisstillillegalinGermany.ThisisevenmorethecaseattheCatholichospicewhereKerstinisstaying.Asrelativescometosaygoodbyetohermotherandtheemotionsofmemoriesminglewiththeanticipationofgrief,Julianefindsherselfhavingtodobattlewithtime–unbending,apatheticandmonochrome–andthisissuperblyreflectedintheconvulsionsofthehandheldcamerainwideshots.Basedonpersonalexperience,JessicaKrummacher’ssecondfeaturefilmvividlyrelatesthepainfulstoryoflosingaparent.Thereisnoviolenceormorbidity,ratherthedirectordescribesthemostimportantofeventsviathesmallest,mostfragileofdetails–theexchangingofwords,textsandtendergesturesthatremainwithusandgetunderourskin.

　　When Suze’s colourful and extravagant mother Helena pays a surprise visit to inform her daughter that she’s ill, Suze slowly relapses into severe compulsive behavior.

故事发生在二战结束之后，安东尼娅（维力奇·范·阿麦莱 Willeke van Ammelrooy 饰）带着女儿达尼埃莱（埃尔斯·多特曼斯 Els Dottermans 饰）回到了久违的家乡。安东尼娅乐善好施的善良性格为战后满目疮痍的家园带来的新的希望，她先后收留了痴呆女孩代代（玛丽娜·德·格拉夫 Marina de Graaf 饰）和农夫巴斯（简·德克莱尔 Jan Decleir 饰）等人，组件了一个特殊的家族——安东尼娅家族。

耍狠的大哥制定了地下法規，賺髒錢買華服，走路有風。小弟如我，只能在廣場嗑南瓜子，邊流口水看妹，邊模擬接吻，屬於我的時代何時到來？主角嘗試使壞，遇見鎮上的壞胚子，經歷詭異、噁心、殘酷卻又奇幻的一夜。鮮豔的影像色彩、實驗電子配樂，導演的處女作展現獨特風格，寫實的文本有著超現實的情節與視覺，使本片切中青少年議題而不落俗套。