Summaries

On vacation at a remote house by the sea a family is faced with a disturbing reality, when lost memories urge to the surface and slowly fades out, what seemed safe once - as well as the past can't be washed away.

Family vacation at a remote house by the sea - Helen, Johannes and their daughter Frances. Something is amiss. Slight confusions, subtle shifts in reality. An indistinct anxiety grows, while the house unfolds a disturbing story around a little boy, who tries after his mother's death to save his sorrowing father with piano music. But things change. Everything is connected. All of them play boules: whoever touches the center, loses. Times get blurred. A stranger appears. Seems oddly familiar. The family structure gets cracks. Something unspoken in between. Lost memories urge to the surface: Pain, sounds, picture fragments haunt Helen - vestiges of the past. She delves deep into her subconscious mind in search of an answer: But what does it take? The mosaic becomes a picture. A disquieting silence. Nothing really disappears. Nothing is ever really forgotten.—Julex Film

Details

Keywords
  • sea
  • family relationships
  • past
Genres
  • Drama
Release date Oct 21, 2015
Countries of origin Germany
Official sites Official site
Language German
Filming locations Baltic Sea
Production companies Hessischer Rundfunk (HR) ARTE Julex Film

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Tech specs

Runtime 2h 22m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

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