What do parents think first when the room of a 15-year-old is empty on Sunday morning? The fact that he secretly goes to church, brings his otherwise open-minded patchwork family together: what's going on in the child's head? While Ulrike C. Tscharre wants to be the indignant mother of the pastor, Ben Braun proposes in the role of the casual stepfather before a self-experience trip in the distance.
Acting
Ulrike C. Tscharre nails the panicked progressive mom.
Writing
Sharp dialogue on modern German family dynamics.
Director
Stefan Krohmer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Germany's declining church membership makes a teen choosing confirmation genuinely subversive storytelling in 2017.
Georgette Dee, who plays Hildegard, is a legendary German drag queen—her casting winks at the film's theme of chosen family.
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