On an impulse, 60 year old Charlotte leaves her husband stranded at a gas station in the middle of nowhere. A deep and driven instinct has her setting off, away from her old mundane life as a grandmother, a mother, a wife, and towards a new and different life. Little does she know that her granddaughter, Jo, a wonderfully whimsical child, is hiding in the back of the car. Charlotte’s spontaneous escape triggers off a journey, not only for her and her granddaughter, but also for her husband Paul and daughter Alex. As Paul and Alex pursue Charlotte and Jo across the countryside, they stumble into their own mishaps, self discoveries and emotional confrontations.
Acting
Corinna Harfouch's simmering restraint as Charlotte
Direction
Polte's unhurried observation of ordinary absurdity
Director
Kerstin Polte
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Corinna Harfouch and Meret Becker (mother/daughter on screen) are both major German theater actors rarely seen in such intimate film roles together.
The 3.9 TMDB rating reflects how poorly this quiet German dramedy traveled; it barely registered outside festival circuits, becoming a cult curiosity for 'grandma goes rogue' completists.
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