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Brief synopsis

Director Janna Ji Wonders tells the story of the women in her family over the last century. The film’s unifying element and silent chronicler is Lake Walchensee in Bavaria, where the family opened a café in 1920 which still exists today. Its impressive founder Apa bequeaths the business to her first-born Norma who continues to run it, even in her advancing years. Norma’s daughters Anna and Frauke leave the lake to liberate themselves and travel the world as musicians – only to return to live in a commune set up by Rainer Langhans. Frauke pines for the love of her life, dies mysteriously and becomes a shadowy figure for those left behind. Restless Anna moves to the USA, where she unexpectedly falls pregnant and gives birth to a girl. Summoned by the shadows of her past, she returns with daughter Janna to Walchensee where Grandma Norma becomes an important figure for her granddaughter. Filmmaker Janna is searching for answers to questions like: What is the meaning of home? To what extent am I shaped by my origins? What really counts in the end? She finds clues in the bond between four generations of women and their very different approaches to life.
(https://www.berlinale.de/en/programme/programme/detail.html?film_id=202003065)

Crew

ActivityNameComment
ColoristFabian Spang
Director of photographyJanna Ji Wonders
Director of photographySven Zellner
Director of photographyAnna Werner [4]
DirectorJanna Ji Wonders
EditorAnja Pohl
ComposerMarkus Acher
ComposerCico Beck
ProducerMartin Heisler
ProducerKatharina Bergfeld
Kinodokumentarfilm
Kinodokumentarfilm
ProducerNadja Smith
Production coordinatorIsis Struiksma
Production coordinatorAnne Dörnbrack
ScreenwriterJanna Ji Wonders
Co-writerNico Woche
Script consultantAnja Pohl
Production sound mixerJanna Ji Wonders
Production sound mixerKristofer Harris
Production sound mixerMartial Kuchelmeister
Additional Sound
Additional Sound
Sound re-recording mixerMichael Hinreiner
Sound designerJörg Elsner
Foley artistMax Bauer
Commissioning editorPetra Felber
Commissioning editorFatima Geza Abdollahyan

Production companies

CompanyComment
Flare Film GmbH [de]
BR Bayerischer Rundfunk [de]
Koproduktion
Koproduktion

Distribution / Sales companies

CompanyComment
Deckert Distribution GmbH [de]
World Sales
World Sales
Farbfilm Verleih GmbH [de]
Germany 2021 (theatrical)
Germany 2021 (theatrical)
Polyfilm Verleih [at]
Austria (cinema)
Austria (cinema)

Facilities

DepartmentCompanyComment
Subtitles / Audio descriptionJürgen Tobisch Subtitling
German SDH subtitles, Audiodescription
German SDH subtitles, Audiodescription

Awards

Award winnerYearAwardCategory 
Anja Pohl2022Edimotion - Bild-Kunst Schnitt Preis [de]
Documentary
DocumentaryWinner
Martin Heisler2021German Film Award [de]
Best Documentary Film
Best Documentary FilmNominated
Anja Pohl2021German Film Award [de]
Best cut
Best cutNominated
Anja Pohl2020Deutscher Kamerapreis [de]
Schnitt - Dokumentarfilm
Schnitt - DokumentarfilmWinner
Janna Ji Wonders2020Golden Alexander, Thessaloniki Filmfest [gr]
Newcomers Award
Newcomers AwardWinner
Janna Ji Wonders2020Exground Filmfest [de]
Das Brett
Das BrettWinner
Janna Ji Wonders2020Dok.Fest München
Kinokino Publikumspreis
Kinokino PublikumspreisNominated
Janna Ji Wonders2020Deutscher Dokumentarfilmpreis [de]
Hauptpreis
HauptpreisNominated
Janna Ji Wonders2020Bayerischer Filmpreis 2019 [de]
Dokumentarfilm
DokumentarfilmWinner
Janna Ji Wonders2020Int. Filmfestspiele Berlin (Berlinale) [de]
Kompass-Perspektive-Preis
Kompass-Perspektive-PreisWinner

Festivals

YearCountryFestivalComment
2021GermanyLichter Filmfest
2020GermanyDOK.fest Munich
2020GermanyFilmfest Braunschweig
2020GermanyInternationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Berlinale)
Perspektive Deutsches Kino
Perspektive Deutsches Kino

TV-broadcast

TypeCountryStationDate / TimeComment
RepeatGermanyMDR [de]Sunday, 21/05/2023, 11.20 PM
First showingGermanyBR [de]Wednesday, 09/11/2022, 10.45 PM

Cinema releases and premieres

TypeCountryDateComment
Theatre releaseGermanyThursday, 21/10/2021
PremiereMonday, 24/02/2020Berlinale