The engineer Rosalie leads a life without standing still. She doesn't feel old for a long time, only mature. When Rosalie returns to Germany after a fainting spell at a solar project in Africa, it's just supposed to be a breather. When she shows up at her bourgeois sister Margret's with a huge container, she is not very enthusiastic about the surprise visit. The retired teacher sees right through that Rosalie isn't staying with her voluntarily. The well-travelled woman is broke! It seems like a miracle that there are a huge chunk of banknotes in a hole in the wall of the room. On the other side of the wall there is the room of the highly talented high school graduate Karla, who rents a part of Margret's house with her father Harald. After a failed first meeting, Rosalie befriends with the wheelchair-bound teenager and sets her mind on getting Karla out of her sheltered isolation, even against her will.
Acting
Paula Hartmann's deadpan delivery steals every scene she's in.
Writing
Rosalie's 'mature not old' delusion is painfully relatable comedy.
Production
The wall-as-plot-device production design deserves its own credit.
Director
Hanno Olderdissen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
German TV movies ('Fernsehfilm') occupy a unique cultural space: prestige casting, modest budgets, and an audience that expects emotional resolution in 90 minutes flat.
Paula Hartmann, who plays Karla, is non-disabled; the film sparked minor discourse in German disability circles about authentic casting versus star power.
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