Over 40 years ago, Josefa left her home village in a dispute. A lot has happened in the meantime. Now she returns as a mature woman to where she is still known as a man.
Acting
Neuhauser's stillness contains multitudes.
Direction
Kummer frames silence like dialogue.
Writing
Every unsaid thing weighs a ton.
Director
Dirk Kummer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Neuhauser and Mattes are longtime collaborators; their history bleeds into Petra and Josefa's awkward intimacy.
Shot in rural Germany, the film mirrors real 'villages of memory' where trans elders return to hostile soil. Josefa's wardrobe — practical, unglamorous — was a deliberate choice against trans cinema's obsession with 'transformation' spectacle.
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