A romantic drama about a woman who enters into an affair after 30 years of marriage.
Acting
Ursula Werner's fearless, unsentimental physical vulnerability.
Direction
Dresen's documentary-style naturalism, no score, no safety net.
Director
Andreas Dresen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The sex scenes were improvised with the actors' full consent — Dresen wanted genuine awkwardness, not choreographed performance.
Werner was 68 and had never had a leading role; this film launched her late-career stardom and sparked Germany's rare mainstream conversation about elderly sexuality.
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