Home for the Weekend
2012 · Movie · 85 min · ★ 5.4
After years away, a man returns from the city to spend a quiet weekend with his parents in the countryside. The calm quickly unravels when his mother announces she’s recovered from a long mental illness and wants to be treated as an equal, forcing the family to confront tensions beneath their seemingly harmonious life.
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Details
- Original title
- Was bleibt
- Years
- 2012
- Release date
- 2012-02-14
- Language
- German
- Runtime
- 85 min
- TMDB rating
- 5.4/10 (23 votes)
About
If you enjoy intense, character-driven family dramas with strong performances and simmering tension, this is worth a look; Not for you if you want an easy, feel-good weekend story or tidy resolutions like in Requiem.
Pros: powerful family drama; phenomenal acting; avoids most clichés | Cons: added drama feels unnecessary; tense uncomfortable moments; not a light watch
Cast & crew
Lars Eidinger
as Marko Heidtmann
Corinna Harfouch
as Gitte Heidtmann
Sebastian Zimmler
as Jakob Heidtmann
Ernst Stötzner
as Günter Heidtmann
Picco von Groote
as Ella Staudt
- EM
Egon Merten
as Zowie Heidtmann
Birge Schade
as Susanne Graefe
Eva Meckbach
as Tine Gronau
Jörg Malchow
as Polizist
Angelika Richter
as DB-Kellnerin
Directed by Hans-Christian Schmid