A Green Party vice-chancellor's campaign becomes a mirror for democracy itself. Buckle up.
Lars Jessen accompanies Robert Habeck during the 2025 federal election campaign and talks to companions from all phases of Habeck's life. He examines the question of how politics functions in the current era and in the context of the eruption of democratic systems.
Direction
Jessen's patient observation lets moments breathe until they hurt.
Editing
Campaign chaos collides with eerie silences—rhythm as commentary.
Director
Lars Jessen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Habeck's 'poet-politician' persona made him Germany's most popular politician in 2022, then the most attacked by 2024—this doc captures the whiplash in real-time.
Director Lars Jessen previously made fiction films about northern German malaise; this is his first documentary, shot with the same melancholic patience he brought to fictional losers.
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