A female teenager witnesses a murder in a desolate high density housing area on the outskirts of Berlin and is henceforth in danger.
Cinematography
Brutalist architecture as character—oppressive and gorgeous.
Acting
Jana Pallaske's raw, untrained panic hits like a gut punch.
Direction
Gronenborn's debut feels like a threat you can't shake.
Director
Esther Gronenborn
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in actual East Berlin Plattenbau estates, capturing post-reunification working-class alienation rarely seen on screen.
Gronenborn cast mostly non-actors from the actual neighborhood; Jana Pallaske was discovered at a local youth club.
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