The summer of 1990 is hot in the countryside of Thuringia, in former East Germany. Maria is about to turn 19, lives with her boyfriend, Johannes, on his parents’ farm, and would rather lose herself in books than focus on graduating. With German reunification, there is a sense of a new era dawning as Maria bumps into Henner, the farmer next door. One touch is all it takes to ignite an all-consuming passion between Maria and the headstrong, charismatic man twice her age. In an atmosphere buzzing with possibilities, love is born: a secret passion full of longing and desire that devours everything in its path.
“A vehement movie, with a driving narrative force and a robust sense of time and place.”
– Peter Bradshaw, Guardian
“Atef’s new film, a small-scale drama nevertheless attaining novelistic richness, stands to be her most successful yet, especially given contemporary demand for intelligent stories told from a perspective of female desire.”
DIRECTOR
Emily Atef
WRITERS
Emily Atef
Daniela Krien
PRODUCER
Karsten Stöter
CAST
Marlene Burow
Felix Kramer
Country of Origin: Germany
Format: Color
Sound Format:
Running Time: 129 minutes
Genre: Drama
Rating: Not Rated
In German with English Subtitles
Coming Soon