Martha and Helene Weiß - one a devout nun in a Swabian convent, the other a convinced atheist and mother. Two unequal sisters who almost only argue with each other. Martha's faith in particular is always a red rag for the younger and wilder Helene. But then Helene is involved in a car accident with her daughter and husband. However, when she wakes up in hospital and learns that her husband and child are dead, she feels no grief. She suffers from retrograde amnesia. In other words, she can still remember Pippi Longstocking, for example, but not her own family. Now it is Martha, of all people, who brings her to the convent and gives her support. But can she really trust this stranger?
Acting
The sisters' volcanic chemistry—every glance is a lifetime of resentment.
Writing
Amnesia as genuine moral dilemma, not soap gimmick.
Director
Dennis Todorović
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Schwaben (Swabia) is Germany's Catholic heartland—placing a nun and atheist there is essentially family civil war with regional seasoning.
The film weaponizes Pippi Longstocking—Helene remembers a fictional orphan who needs no parents, while her real orphaned status is erased. The text she clings to betrays her.
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