An East German waitress with a broken heart and an Iranian YouTuber with a broken arm dream of another life and end up on a ghost hunt in the mountains.
A well-crafted piece of cultural commentary that dares to suggest a more perfect world in which we live in harmony, get the answers we seek to even the most impossible of questions, and generally find meaning in every moment. Perhaps saccharine in theory, but dynamic, unique and effortlessly entertaining, Radlmaier’s work is some of the most compelling of the year, a film that demands patience and attention, but where the reward is worth absolutely every minute
of our time. – International Cinephile Society
Julian Radlmaier
DE 2025
90 min | German
Julian Radlmaier
Born in Nuremberg in 1984. Studied film studies and art history in Berlin and Paris, then film at the dffb Berlin. Translator and editor of film criticism texts by Jacques Rancière.
Films
The Tramp 2010 | Der Aufstand der Plebejer 2010 | Ein Gespenst geht um in Europa 2013 (9. UX) | Ein proletarisches Wintermärchen 2014 (10. UX) | Selbstkritik eines bürgerlichen Hundes 2017 | Blutsauger 2021 (16. UX) | Sehnsucht in Sangerhausen 2025
R+B+E: Julian Radlmaier | DOP: Faraz Fesharaki | costumes: Marie-Luise Wolf | P: Kirill Krasovski | V: Grandfilm | With Clara Schwinning, Maral Keshavarz, Henriette Confurius, Paula Schindler, Kyung-Taek Lie, Ghazal Shojaei, Buk Lie, Leonard Scheicher, Andreas Döhler, Jakob Schmidt, Marlene Hauser