Home for the Weekend

Marko (Lars Eidinger) from Berlin visits his parents in the country. His hope for a quiet weekend with his family is not fulfilled. Unexpectedly for all, Gitte reveals that she is well again after a long mental illness. Marko is the only one who responds to her request to treat her from now on as a full member of the family and thus not only upsets the supposedly well-rehearsed relationship of his parents. In HOME FOR THE WEEKEND, director Hans-Christian Schmid tells with an ensemble of top-class actors how a family breaks apart within a few days.

Keywords

  • Arthouse
  • Award Winning
  • Hans-Christian Schmid
  • Kinoherz
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  • conflict
  • family
  • Mental Health
  • mumblecore
  • psychology
  • social drama

Actors

  • Lars Eidinger
  • Egon Merten
  • Corinna Harfouch
  • Sebastian Zimmler
  • Ernest Stötzner
  • Picco von Groote
  • Birge Schade
  • Eva Meckbach

Director

  • Hans-Christian Schmid

Drama

1h 24min

12 FSK

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Germany
2011
At the request of his mother Gitte, Marko (Lars Eidinger), travels from Berlin to his parents (Corinna Harfouch, Ernst Stötzner) in the countryside.

At the request of his mother Gitte, Marko (Lars Eidinger), travels from Berlin to his parents (Corinna Harfouch, Ernst Stötzner) in the countryside.


Marko (Lars Eidinger) from Berlin visits his parents in the country. His hope for a quiet weekend with his family is not fulfilled. Unexpectedly for all, Gitte reveals that she is well again after a long mental illness. Marko is the only one who responds to her request to treat her from now on as a full member of the family and thus not only upsets the supposedly well-rehearsed relationship of his parents.


In HOME FOR THE WEEKEND, director Hans-Christian Schmid tells with an ensemble of top-class actors how a family breaks apart within a few days.

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