A teenage girl helps an escaped fugitive flee Germany into France, after extracting a promise that he will help her commit suicide.
Acting
Maria Dragus's vacant intensity haunts.
Direction
Atef lets silence do the screaming.
Cinematography
Gray highways that mirror Adele's interior.
Director
Emily Atef
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Atef based Adele's character on her own teenage isolation, explaining why the anguish feels lived-in rather than performed.
The film deliberately echoes 'Wings of Desire' and other German road movies, but strips away all romanticism—this is Wim Wenders after a depressive episode.
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