埃尔希·德·布劳

耍狠的大哥制定了地下法規，賺髒錢買華服，走路有風。小弟如我，只能在廣場嗑南瓜子，邊流口水看妹，邊模擬接吻，屬於我的時代何時到來？主角嘗試使壞，遇見鎮上的壞胚子，經歷詭異、噁心、殘酷卻又奇幻的一夜。鮮豔的影像色彩、實驗電子配樂，導演的處女作展現獨特風格，寫實的文本有著超現實的情節與視覺，使本片切中青少年議題而不落俗套。

Whenthefilmbegins,itisallover.“Weknowit’sterminal,andthat’sall”,saysJulianeofhermotherKerstin,whoisingreatpainandabouttodieagedjust64.Althoughtheyoungdoctorsheconsultsacknowledgesonapersonallevelthateveryonehastherighttomanagetheirowndeath,henonethelessremindsherthateuthanasiaisstillillegalinGermany.ThisisevenmorethecaseattheCatholichospicewhereKerstinisstaying.Asrelativescometosaygoodbyetohermotherandtheemotionsofmemoriesminglewiththeanticipationofgrief,Julianefindsherselfhavingtodobattlewithtime–unbending,apatheticandmonochrome–andthisissuperblyreflectedintheconvulsionsofthehandheldcamerainwideshots.Basedonpersonalexperience,JessicaKrummacher’ssecondfeaturefilmvividlyrelatesthepainfulstoryoflosingaparent.Thereisnoviolenceormorbidity,ratherthedirectordescribesthemostimportantofeventsviathesmallest,mostfragileofdetails–theexchangingofwords,textsandtendergesturesthatremainwithusandgetunderourskin.