24 Weeks
aka 24 Wochen First screened in October 2016
Director: Anne Zohra Berrached. Cast: Julia Jentsch, Bjarne Mädel, Johanna Gastdorf, Emilia Pieske, Maria-Victoria Dragus, Karina Plachetka, Sabine Wolf, Barbara Focke, Martin Reik, Mila Bruk, Julia Golembiowski. Screenplay: Carl Gerber and Anne Zohra Berrached. Twitter Capsule:
Layered, moving drama about a mother-to-be contemplating an abortion refuses to simplify dilemmas or sell out characters.
VOR:⑤
Hard to think of another film that dug as deeply into the mind of an ambivalent prospective mother. Treats a provocative plot with toughness and clarity.
