Home for the Weekend
Overview
Marko is in his mid-thirties, has just published his first book, and has been living in Berlin since his university days – far enough away from his parents Gitte and Günter whose bourgeois lifestyle he could never quite get used to. He visits them once or twice a year, mainly to give them a chance to spend a few days with their grandson. His hopes of spending a quiet weekend with the family fall short when Gitte, who has been mentally unstable since Marko was a child, feels so healthy after a homeopathic treatment that she stops taking her medication. Her announcement triggers reserved reactions in the family, and a series of revelations tip his family’s structure out of balance.
Details
Director
Hans-Christian Schmid
Cast
Angelika Richter, Birge Schade, Corinna Harfouch, Egon Merten, Ernst Stötzner, Eva Meckbach, Ines Krug, Lars Eidinger, Picco von Groote, Sebastian Zimmler
Genre
Drama
Country
Germany
Release Year
2012
Runtime:
1h 25m
Budget:
780,008 USD
Release Date:
2012-09-06
Awards:
Awards, 3 wins & 6 nominations total
