Completed - GERMAN - Drama - 102 minutes
Cabaret performer Astrid is six months pregnant when she learns that her unborn child will be severely disabled. She and her husband have little time to take a decision of enormous significance.
Year of production : 2016 Director(s) : Anne Zohra BERRACHED Writer(s) : Carl GERBER, Anne Zohra BERRACHED Cast : Julia JENTSCH, Bjarne MÄDEL, Johanna GASTDORF, Emilia PIESKE Producer(s) : Melanie BERKE (zero one GmbH), Tobias BÜCHNER (zero one GmbH), Thomas KUFUS (zero one GmbH)
The stage lights, the applause – Astrid loves being a cabaret performer, and loves her tolerant and supportive husband Markus. Every decision is taken together, and this one is no different: what will they do with the child that Astrid is carrying, now, six months into the pregnancy, that she learns it will be severely disabled? She and Marcus have a choice, but little time…A strong nature with a witty answer to everything, Astrid now feels lost, on her own, impossible to continue her comedy routine. Ultimately only she who is bearing the child can take this weighty decision. What will she do? Who decides whether the child will have a life worth living?
Country(ies) : GERMANY
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