Home for the Weekend (2012) ( Was bleibt ) ( That's All )

Home for the Weekend (2012) (Blu-Ray) (*)

~~$33.99~~ $27.97

Original Title: Was bleibt
Alternate Title: That's All
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
German ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
German ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
85 min + 60 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Commentary
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2012 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Hans-Christian Schmid

Written By:
Bernd Lange

Actors:
Lars Eidinger ..... Marko Heidtmann
Egon Merten ..... Zowie Heidtmann
Eva Meckbach ..... Tine Gronau
Sebastian Zimmler ..... Jakob Heidtmann
Corinna Harfouch ..... Gitte Heidtmann
Picco von Groote ..... Ella Staudt
Angelika Richter ..... DB-Kellnerin
Ines Krug ..... Heilpraktikerin
Ernst Stötzner ..... Günter Heidtmann
Birge Schade ..... Susanne Graefe
Gerhard Hermann ..... Einsatzleiter
Jörg Malchow ..... Polizist

Synopsis:

Marko is in his mid-thirties, has just published his first book, and has been living in Berlin since his university days - far enough away from his parents Gitte and Günter whose bourgeois lifestyle he could never quite get used to. He visits them once or twice a year, mainly to give them a chance to spend a few days with their grandson. His hopes of spending a quiet weekend with the family fall short when Gitte, who has been mentally unstable since Marko was a child, feels so healthy after a homeopathic treatment that she stops taking her medication. Her announcement triggers reserved reactions in the family, and a series of revelations tip his family's structure out of balance.

During a weekend gathering, the seemingly stable fabric of a family comes undone when feelings differ about the mother's unexpected decision to stop her longtime medication for mental illness…

How refreshing to see a family-in-crisis drama in which the usual angst and hysteria take a backseat to quiet perceptiveness and sensitivity.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 02 May, 2013.

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