Mother Lissy, father Gerd, son Tom and daughter Ellen: the members of the Lunies family are estranged. But confronted with death, they finally meet each other again.
Acting
Lars Eidinger's theatrical meltdowns are devastating art.
Direction
Glasner lets scenes breathe until they suffocate you.
Writing
Dialogue so real it feels like eavesdropping.
Director
Matthias Glasner
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Glasner shot this in chronological order over 40 days, letting the actors genuinely exhaust themselves.
The 182-minute runtime mirrors the three-day German funeral ritual; the structure is deliberately liturgical.
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