Astrid is a comedian who makes people laugh for a living; her husband Markus is her manager and the two of them work well together. They have a nine-year-old daughter and are expecting their second child. When they learn that their child will not be born healthy, they are at first optimistic that they will be able to meet this challenge – although they have no idea what awaits them. But the closer it gets to the due date, the more Astrid begins to worry about the future of her unborn child as well as that of her family and her career. After many discussions and arguments Astrid realises that the decision that will affect all their lives must be made by her alone. What complicates matters further is the fact that, as a successful entertainer, she is in the eye of the public and the media.
Acting
Jentsch's face carries entire arguments without dialogue.
Direction
Berrached refuses easy answers, respects your intelligence.
Writing
Conversations feel stolen from real couples at 3am.
Director
Anne Zohra Berrached
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Germany's 2013 law change allowed abortion after 12 weeks for fetal abnormalities, making this legally timely and socially radioactive.
Berrached cast Jentsch specifically because she'd played Sophie Scholl—another woman making solitary moral decisions under impossible pressure.
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