Sometime in August

2009 1h 32m DE

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6.6

SOLID

★6.6TMDB · 9

Drama

Synopsis

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Thomas and Hanna, a deliriously happy couple in their late 30s, buy an old house in the country with plans to fix it up over the summer. Hanna is looking forward to their time together – so when Thomas invites his older brother, Friedrich, who is deeply depressed over the failure of both his business and his marriage, to join them, she is disappointed by the intrusion. Easygoing, charming, and talkative, Thomas seeks to counterbalance the cloudier mood with an impetuous frenzy of activity, but Hanna retreats into sullenness and retaliates by bringing in her nubile young godchild Augustine until things smooth themselves out. Augustine’s youthful sexiness has anything but a soothing impact on Thomas, however, whose adolescent impulses linger just below the surface.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Marie Bäumer
Hanna
Milan Peschel
Thomas
Anna Brüggemann
Augustine
André Hennicke
Friedrich
Gert Voss
Bo
Agnese Zeltiņa

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Sebastian Schipper
Writers: Sebastian Schipper
Languages: English, German
Countries: Germany

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ERA

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Released 17 years ago.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, German.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Sebastian Schipper, shot by Frank Blau. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Uwe Kirbach. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Horst Reiter shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Marie Bäumer and Milan Peschel and Anna Brüggemann carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1091666 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Sebastian Schipper directs. Frank Blau behind the camera. Uwe Kirbach scores. Horst Reiter cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Germany. Dialogue in English, German.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 17 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, German.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Sebastian Schipper, shot by Frank Blau. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Uwe Kirbach. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Horst Reiter shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Marie Bäumer and Milan Peschel and Anna Brüggemann carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt1091666 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 9 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.