Sinopsis
Wiebke (45) lives together with her adoptive daughter Nicolina (9) on an idyllic horse farm. After many years of waiting, she now has the chance to adopt another girl, Raya (5), to provide Nicolina with the longed-for sister. The first weeks are harmonious, and the siblings get along great. But shortly thereafter, Wiebke realizes that Raya, initially shy and charming, is becoming increasingly aggressive and poses a danger to herself and others. The mother will soon have to cross borders and take extreme decisions to protect her cubs.
Katrin Gebbe is a German writer and director. She attended the Hamburg Media School where she directed award-winning short films. Later on, she shot her first experimental films at the Academy of Visual Arts and Design in the Netherlands, and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, USA.Her first feature film “Nothing Bad Can Happen”, 2013, premiered at Cannes. The film and its director were awarded amongst others by the German Film Critics Association, the Hamburg Film Festival and the Tallin Black Nights Film Festival.
Director: Katrin Gebbe (Germany)
Genre: Fiction
Country of production: Germany/Bulgaria
Year of production: 2019
Running time: 121’
Language: German. OV with Spanish subtitles
Cast: Nina Hoss, Katerina Lipovska, Murathan Muslu
Production: Verena Gräfe-Höft
Screenwriter: Katrin Gebbe
Director of photography: Moritz Schultheiss
Production companies: Junafilm
International sales: Films Boutique
Festival/Awards Selected at Venice International Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia, Fantastic Fest, Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Goteborg International Film Festival, Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival
Premiere in Madrid.
