Lara was severely traumatised as a child and every day this trauma catches up with her. During a photo session, she falls in love with Conrad, a writer who has just been released from prison. What Conrad doesn't know is that everyone around her knows the burden Lara lives with. Her uncle Markus resorts to drastic means to save Lara and risks losing her forever.
Acting
De Vos carries crushing weight in every silenced glance.
Direction
Arnstedt lets dread accumulate like unpaid debt.
Director
Andreas Arnstedt
Elzemarieke de Vos
Lara Wildner
Oliver Stokowski
Martin Wildner
Stephan Grossmann
Markus Gerlach
Paul Walther
Sven Kleiber
Mathieu Carrière
Hermann Zuber
David C. Bunners
Achim Trolle
Janina Elkin
Carola Jurgan
Conrad F. Geier
Johannes Langkamp
Annedore Kleist
Sigrid Steinfeld
Holger Bülow
Constantin Wenger
Michael Kind
Björn Steinert
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
German trauma dramas often explore collective guilt through individual suffering; this fits that lineage with intimate, not political, scope.
The title's irony: full moons illuminate, but Lara's truth stays eclipsed by those who 'protect' her.
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