A Family of Three
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Cast & Crew
Pia Strietmann
Götz Schubert
Max Riemelt
Mathilde Bundschuh
Lena Stoize
Andreas Schmidt
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Synopsis
Muenster, Germany. The Dewenters appear to be a happy family, but beneath the surface, dysfunction abounds. Christian, the father, has had a number of extramarital affairs. Lars, his son, hates him for it and has run off to Berlin. His sister Elaine and her best friend Merle are teenage terrors living the rowdy night life. And Andrea, novelist, wife and mother, is the only one trying to hold it all together - until she is killed in a car accident, that is. In the days between the accident and the funeral, the try to come to terms with difficult decisions; relationships are put into question, and new alliances formed. Eventually, they come to realize that a family is more than just the sum of its individuals.