She develops photos but can't develop feelings—until the past develops her.
A picturesque blonde beauty constructs an impenetrable emotional wall that neither her parents, her boyfriend, nor her colleague can penetrate. Hannah may appear perfect on the surface, but her inner demons are slowly consuming her. A photo lab developer who rarely ventures out of her well-fortified apartment, Hannah finds that her repressed memories are unexpectedly jogged by a series of old photographs.
Acting
Nina Hoss's face does more than most scripts.
Direction
Von Moeller frames loneliness like a crime scene.
Cinematography
Red-lit darkrooms and sterile whites—visual hypothermia.
Director
Erica von Moeller
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of the 2000s 'Berlin School' movement—sparse, anti-dramatic, obsessed with surfaces hiding crises.
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