Are You Sleeping, Brother Jakob?

Stefan Bohun and his three remaining brothers search the past for traces their deceased brother Jakob, who took his own life. This is a very personal film about mourning and saying goodbye, yet also about acceptance and joy, reuniting, and reconnecting with people you love. Jakob had moved to Portugal, but he often suffered from homesickness and despair. The last sign of life that his brother Stefan saw was a changed profile picture in a social network which showed the Larein Valley in the Alps. This is also where the Bohun brothers begin their search for clues. "Five men grieving together and individually for their brother. A great, honest and important contribution about masculinity in our society." (Sooner curator Eva Neidlinger)

Keywords

  • Austrian Films
  • Diagonale - Festival of Austrian Film
  • Eva Neidlinger
  • Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis
  • Topic: Mental Health
  • family
  • filmdelights
  • Mental Health
  • psychology

Actors

  • Matthias Bohun
  • Jakob Bohun
  • Johannes Bohun
  • Stefan Bohun
  • David Bohun

Director

  • Stefan Bohun

Documentary, Independent


1h 20min


16+

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Austria
2018
Three brothers embark on a search for traces left by their deceased brother, Jakob, who committed suicide.

Three brothers embark on a search for traces left by their deceased brother, Jakob, who committed suicide.


Stefan Bohun and his three remaining brothers search the past for traces their deceased brother Jakob, who took his own life.


This is a very personal film about mourning and saying goodbye, yet also about acceptance and joy, reuniting, and reconnecting with people you love.


Jakob had moved to Portugal, but he often suffered from homesickness and despair. The last sign of life that his brother Stefan saw was a changed profile picture in a social network which showed the Larein Valley in the Alps. This is also where the Bohun brothers begin their search for clues.


"Five men grieving together and individually for their brother. A great, honest and important contribution about masculinity in our society." (Sooner curator Eva Neidlinger)

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