Film screening
Talking About The Weather

with English subtitles in Edinburgh. Free entry!

Thu, 18.04.2024
6:00 PM - 19:30 BST Institut français d’Ecosse

We are delighted to continue our German cinema series in cooperation with the Institut Français in Edinburgh with a screening of Talking About The Weather (Alle reden übers Wetter) with English subtitles.

Germany 2022, Director: Annika Pinske | Duration: 89 min. | in German with English subtitles  | Cast: Anne Schäfer, Anne-Kathrin Gummich, Judith Hofmann, Marcel Kohler, Max Riemelt, Sandra Hüller, Alireza Bayram and more.

Clara is 39 and is taking a PhD in philosophy. She lives in a Kreuzberg flat share while her teenage daughter lives with her ex. Clara is having a secret relationship with one of her students. Her thesis supervisor, the strong and independent Margot, provides her with professional encouragement. When Clara visits her home in provincial Mecklenburg-Vorpommern for her mother’s birthday, she finds herself struggling with the pride and expectations but also with the rejection of her family and former companions. She begins to realise just how far she has moved away from her roots in her search for a self-determined life. But perhaps she had to move away. Because one's perception of home can change.

Annika Pinske's quiet drama is a study in familiarity and distance, liberty and compulsion, the countryside and the city. Sensitive, nuanced performances from an outstanding cast with an assured command of the local dialects allow the audience to experience the atmospheres of both Berlin's university milieu and the rural family get-together.

Source: 72. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)