A blind teen becomes the battlefield where her parents wage their marital war.
Teenager Raphaela was born blind into a wealthy, material focused family. Her father escapes reality into an affair with his secretary while her mother reacts to the difficult situation in an over protective and possessive conduct towards her blind daughter.
Acting
Anja Schüte's physical performance as blind Raphaela.
Direction
Schmidt's claustrophobic framing of bourgeois decay.
Director
Eckhart Schmidt
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of 1980s West German 'Heimatfilm' subversion, where Schmidt twisted traditional family values into psychological horror. The film barely circulated outside Germany.
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