19 minutes to break your heart and stitch it back together wrong.
During the organization of their mother’s funeral, two estranged sisters with completely different personalities are forced to face each other once again. They will have to confront their differences, as well as their relationship.
Acting
Mensah-Offei and Kucera weaponize every micro-expression.
Direction
Bayer makes 19 minutes feel like a lifetime of resentment.
Editing
Ruthless cuts that refuse you breathing room.
Director
Florian Moses Bayer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Short films about grief often hit harder than features because they deny catharsis — this one ends before reconciliation feels possible.
Austrian cinema has a brutal tradition of family autopsies; this continues that legacy in under 20 minutes.
AT
