When the beautiful, efficient and successful Christine, 42, arrives at their summer beach home with her husband and teenage daughter, a young hitchhiker catches her eye. What follows is the story of a woman who frees herself, tears her life into pieces and puts it back together in a different order.
Acting
Claudia Michelsen's controlled unraveling is chef's kiss.
Direction
Derflinger lets uncomfortable moments breathe forever.
Cinematography
Italian coast so gorgeous it feels like a trap.
Director
Sabine Derflinger
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Austrian cinema's rare female gaze on middle-aged sexuality—Derflinger co-wrote specifically to challenge the 'pathetic older woman' trope.
The hitchhiker role was Jacob Matschenz's breakthrough; he was 19 during filming, creating genuine on-set tension with Michelsen's method approach.
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