Program

Helma Sanders-Brahms 1985 Germany color 116min German DCP

Isabelle is a movie star in German cinema, and after she wraps a successful film in Berlin,she leaves to spend some time with her little daughter Emily and her parents in Normandy,France.While they're living together, the unresolved problems among them rise to the surface and cannot be ignored any longer. It is not an easy situation, especially since both parents are angry about some aspects of Isabelle's career and/or life that she may not be able to change.

Director

Helma Sanders-Brahms

Helma Sanders-Brahms was born in Emden in 1940.She studied Acting,German and English and worked as a teacher.She was an intern on productions by Corbucci and Pasolini and made her first film,Angelika Urban,Salesgirl,Engaged,in 1970.Her films have received numerous national and international awards such as the German Film Award for Heinrich and Unter dem Pflaster ist der Strand the Grand Prix of Montreal for Laputa in 1986.She was made a "Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres"by French culture minister Jack Lang in 1991.