Hands of a Mother

When his son Adam (4) gets a little cut after going to the bathroom with his grandmother Renate, Markus recalls for the first time what his mother did to him when he was a little boy. Markus and his wife Monika find themselves confronted with an ugly truth of the kind you wouldn’t think a mother capable of.

Keywords

  • Arthouse
  • Genre
  • Cinéma allemand
  • L'Allemagne à l'écran
  • Scénario : C'est un Garçon
  • Enfance
  • Conflit
  • Controversé
  • En famille
  • Santé mentale
  • Psychologie
  • Relation
  • Drame social
  • Femmes

Actors

  • Jessica Schwarz
  • Andreas Döhler
  • Katrin Pollitt
  • Heiko Pinkowski

Director

  • Florian Eichinger

Drame


1h 46min


12 FSK

DE

Germany
2016
A family reunion aboard a ship becomes a turning point in the life of 39-year-old engineer Markus.

A family reunion aboard a ship becomes a turning point in the life of 39-year-old engineer Markus.


When his son Adam (4) gets a little cut after going to the bathroom with his grandmother Renate, Markus recalls for the first time what his mother did to him when he was a little boy.


Markus and his wife Monika find themselves confronted with an ugly truth of the kind you wouldn’t think a mother capable of.

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