Stopped on Track

Frank and Simone have fulfilled their dream and live with their children in their own home. Until the day Frank is diagnosed with a brain tumor. In Andreas Dresen's drama, which was awarded the "Un Certain Regard" prize at the Cannes Film Festival, among others, a family is confronted with the inevitability of death. Frank and Simone have fulfilled a dream and live with their two children in a terraced house on the outskirts of the city. They are a happy couple until the day Frank is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. The family is suddenly confronted with dying. "A courageous, a great movie" (ZDF heute journal)

Keywords

  • Arthouse
  • Award Winning
  • Kinoherz
  • Love
  • Made in Germany
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  • family
  • Mental Health
  • mumblecore
  • social drama

Actors

  • Steffi Kühnert
  • Milan Peschel
  • Talisa Lilly Lemke
  • Mika Seidel
  • Ursula Werner
  • Marie Rosa Tietjen

Director

  • Andreas Dresen

Drama


1h 49min


6 FSK

DE

Germany
France
2011
A heartbreaking drama about love and transience. Winner of four German Film Awards.

A heartbreaking drama about love and transience. Winner of four German Film Awards.


Frank and Simone have fulfilled their dream and live with their children in their own home. Until the day Frank is diagnosed with a brain tumor.


In Andreas Dresen's drama, which was awarded the "Un Certain Regard" prize at the Cannes Film Festival, among others, a family is confronted with the inevitability of death. Frank and Simone have fulfilled a dream and live with their two children in a terraced house on the outskirts of the city. They are a happy couple until the day Frank is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. The family is suddenly confronted with dying.


"A courageous, a great movie" (ZDF heute journal)

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