Marie Luise Lehner’s debut film, multiple award-winner at the Berlinale and the Diagonale, tells the story of Anna and her deaf mother Isolde, and explores what it means to transform shame about one’s background into pride — a tale of affection, care, and solidarity.

Twelve-year-old Anna is moving from middle school to high school. Things are different here: the children at the new school come from a completely different social background. Anna starts to feel ashamed of her origins and of her deaf mother. During a school ski trip, Anna pretends to be sick — the money saved for the ski course has instead been spent on a sofa bed, which will give her mother the chance to pursue a romantic relationship, and provide Anna herself with a little more privacy. Mara, a classmate, soon becomes an ally when it turns out that she, too, is keeping a secret.

Cast: Siena Popović, Mariya Menner, Jessica Paar, Daniel Sea 

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