After her mother decided that the eighteen-year-old mentally disabled Dora no longer has to take psychotherapeutic drugs, the young woman begins to blossom. The sedated teenager was never a problem for her surroundings – but new challenges arise when the pleasure-loving young woman discovers her sexuality. The family is threatened to fall apart.
Acting
Victoria Schulz's physicality—raw, unfiltered, never performative.
Direction
Werenfels refuses easy answers; every frame is a question.
Director
Stina Werenfels
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The German title 'Dora oder Die sexuellen Neurosen unserer Eltern' nods to Freud's famous patient—ironic given the film's rejection of psychiatric authority.
Werenfels cast Schulz after a year-long search; the director insisted on an actor who could convey interiority without verbal crutches. The film premiered at Locarno to walkouts and standing ovations in the same screening.
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