Three years ago, Benedikt caused a car accident in which a child died. Now he returns to the scene of the accident, to the small Upper Bavarian village of Baching. Benedikt's return opens up wounds that have only healed superficially. Six people, all involved in the accident back then, desperately struggle to live with their shared history. A movie about love, death and home. Told with human warmth and staged with astonishing ease.
Acting
Michael Fitz carries decades of unspoken blame in every silence.
Direction
Kiefersuer finds beauty in Bavarian mundanity without romanticizing it.
Writing
Six perspectives, zero easy villains, all complicity.
Director
Matthias Kiefersauer
Michael Fitz
Bernhard Stemmer
Marisa Burger
Gabi Stemmer
Thomas Unger
Benedikt 'Beni' Kirchner
Bernadette Heerwagen
Annette Kirchner
Kathi Leitner
Christa Kirchner
Helmfried von Lüttichau
Roland Feller
Meike Droste
Laura
Stefan Murr
Robert Kirchner
Gerhard Greiner
Michael Karminke
Johannes Herrschmann
Bruder Johannes
Anke Lanak
Frau Karminke
Peter Rappenglück
Herr Siemerl
Eva Wittenzellner
Moni
Stephan Zinner
Autofahrer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Baching exemplifies the 'Heimatfilm' tradition twisted dark—usually Bavarian villages symbolize wholesome belonging, here they're claustrophobic pressure cookers of Catholic guilt.
Director Kiefersuer cast actual Upper Bavarian locals as extras; their authentic discomfort in scenes with the 'returned sinner' was reportedly not entirely acting.
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