Directed by:
Jakob M. ErwaScreenplay:
Jakob M. ErwaCinematography:
Christian TrieloffCast:
Esther Maria Pietsch, Matthias Lier, Ralph Kretschmar, Eric Bouwer, Tatja Seibt, Hermann Beyer, Barbara Sotelsek, Lutz Blochberger, Karim Cherif (more)Plots(1)
Does the uncanny come from without or within? Ambitious cello student Jessica and her boyfriend, a young physiotherapist named Lorenz, move into their first shared flat. When Jessica hears she has been selected to compete in a prestigious music competition, she senses her big break. But she places herself under such pressure to succeed that she soon finds it difficult to differentiate between reality and fantasy. She starts to feel she is being spied on and controlled by the elderly couple next door. Lorenz does not notice any of this, which makes Jessica even more suspicious. She practices like someone possessed, often seems absent-minded and can no longer find any rest at night. Confidantes become enemies, close acquaintances seem to be whispering behind her back, neither her well-meaning parents nor her concerned boyfriend appear trustworthy. Finally Lorenz suggests he move out, hoping in that way to save their relationship. But Jessica has no intention of allowing her neighbours to force her out of her flat and her new life – she takes matters into her own hands. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Esther Maria Pietsch
Best movies:
Four Moons (2014)
The Collini Case (2019)
HomeSick (2015)
Matthias Lier
East Germany
Best movies:
I Will Not Be Silent (2017) (TV movie)
HomeSick (2015)
Shiverstone Castle (2016)
Ralph Kretschmar
East Germany
Best movies:
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
HomeSick (2015)
Felix - Ein Hase auf Weltreise (2005)
Eric Bouwer
West Germany
Best movies:
The Silence (2010)
Colette (2013)
HomeSick (2015)
Tatja Seibt
German Empire
Best movies:
Sein letztes Rennen (2013)
54 Hours (2018) (series)
The Most Beautiful Day (2016)
Hermann Beyer
German Empire
Best movies:
Jakob the Liar (1974)
Das Buschgespenst (1986) (TV movie)
Wie Feuer und Flamme (2001)
Barbara Sotelsek
Austria
Best movies:
HomeSick (2015)
Die Bergretter (2009) (series)
Inga Lindström (2004) (series)
Lutz Blochberger
East Germany
Best movies:
Never Look Away (2018)
Frantz (2016)
That Trip We Took with Dad (2016)
Karim Cherif
Best movies:
I Feel Like Disco (2013)
HomeSick (2015)
Lotta & die alten Eisen (2010) (TV movie)
Heike Hanold-Lynch
Germany
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Cloud Atlas (2012)
Lucia Luciano
Best movies:
HomeSick (2015)
The Nightmare (2015)