Directed by:
Alain GsponerScreenplay:
Alex BureschCinematography:
Matthias FleischerCast:
Corinna Harfouch, Jürgen Tonkel, Volker Bruch, Torben Liebrecht, Jacob Matschenz, Harald Schrott, Tino Mewes, Anna Schudt, Tom Lass, Detlef Bothe (more)Plots(1)
Rose is in her early forties and the single mother of three – it would seem – grown-up sons: Bernd, 23, earns money for the family working at a copy shop during the day and in a pub at night; Axi, 21, is in training at a bank; and Stan, the youngest, who will soon turn 18, is doing his best not to finish high school and prefers to smoke dope and start a career as a DJ. As a squatter in the early '80s Rose had led a fairly wild life until it suddenly came to an end when she broke up with Jürgen, the father of the boys, more than ten years ago. They have had no further contact since then. Rose moved into her grandfather's house with the three boys and now earns a living writing cheap novels. And then there's her new boyfriend Gerhard. She hasn't dared to tell the boys about him and is not at all sure he's the right guy for her. The symbiotic relationship with her sons that exists despite all odds is endangered when Jürgen shows up at Axi's bank looking for a loan. He doesn't recognize Axi, and Axi doesn't let on that he knows who Jürgen is. But at home Axi pleads with his mother to invite their father to visit them. Rose has no desire to see her ex and to have him upset her life and that of her sons. But when Jürgen shows up at their place without an invitation, that's exactly what happens... (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
![Corinna Harfouch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/790/168790833_2d69eb.jpg)
Corinna Harfouch
East Germany
Best movies:
Dying (2024)
Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997)
Downfall (2004)
![Jürgen Tonkel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/169/177/169177880_trmz0d.jpg)
Jürgen Tonkel
West Germany
Best movies:
Downfall (2004)
Do Fish Do It? (2002)
Lessons of a Dream (2011)
![Volker Bruch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/759/168759701_t10q3m.jpg)
Volker Bruch
West Germany
Best movies:
Generation War (2013) (series)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
The Reader (2008)
![Torben Liebrecht](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/109/309/109309481_e350ea.jpg)
Torben Liebrecht
West Germany
Best movies:
Duell der Brüder - Die Geschichte von Adidas und Puma (2016) (TV movie)
Luther (2003)
Beyond the Sea (2004)
![Jacob Matschenz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/913/164913271_5a3009.png)
Jacob Matschenz
East Germany
Best movies:
The Wave (2008)
A Regular Woman (2019)
Never Look Away (2018)
![Harald Schrott](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/078/831/78831460_4f63c4.jpg)
Harald Schrott
Austria
Best movies:
The Legend of Rita (2000)
Wendezeit (2019) (TV movie)
Der Seerosenteich (2002) (TV movie)
![Tino Mewes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/278/278868_de3f00.jpg)
Tino Mewes
Best movies:
Generation War (2013) (series)
The Wave (2008)
Do Fish Do It? (2002)
![Anna Schudt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/613/159613501_830e40.jpg)
Anna Schudt
West Germany
Best movies:
Ghosts (2005)
Ein offener Käfig (2014) (TV movie)
Winter Journey (2006)
![Tom Lass](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/725/165725462_ef504d.jpg)
Tom Lass
West Germany
Best movies:
Krabat and the Legend of the Satanic Mill (2008)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Rose (2005)
![Detlef Bothe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/937/160937152_434666.jpg)
Detlef Bothe
West Germany
Best movies:
Anthropoid (2016)
Nichts als die Wahrheit (1999)
The Butcher of Prague (2011)
![Gerhard Wittmann](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/334/160334186_cbb8b0.jpg)
Gerhard Wittmann
West Germany
Best movies:
This Crazy Heart (2017)
Cherry Blossoms (2008)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
![Lilly Marie Tschörtner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/250/160250780_4158e5.jpg)
Lilly Marie Tschörtner
East Germany
Best movies:
23 (1998)
The Days Between (2001)
Corsage (2022)
Stefan Lehnen
West Germany
Best movies:
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Rose (2005)
Die Wilden Kerle 3 (2006)
![Christian Schneller](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/502/166502309_c36735.jpg)
Christian Schneller
Germany
Best movies:
![Jennifer Frank](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/193/161193649_ce16a0.jpg)
Jennifer Frank
West Germany
Angelika Fink
Best movies:
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Rose (2005)