Ob ihr wollt oder nicht!
(2009)
Regisseur:
Ben VerbongSchauspieler:
Christiane Paul, Senta Berger, Katharina M. Schubert, Anna Böger, Jan-Gregor Kremp, Julia-Maria Köhler, Jan Decleir, Mark Waschke, Kilian Schüler, Nina Siebertz, Huub Stapel, Uwe Rohde, Therese Hämer, Andreas Meier, Hans-Jürgen Ploenes, Fernand DeloschAls Laura (Ende 20) an Krebs erkrankt, versammelt sich ihre Familie um sie herum, um Abschied zu nehmen. Drei Wochen lang wohnen die erwachsenen Schwestern wieder im Elternhaus. Was als sentimentale Zusammenkunft geplant war, wird zur Tragikomödie, denn auch der bevorstehende Tod Lauras kann nicht verhindern, dass es unsinnige Auseinandersetzungen gibt, alte Rivalitäten wieder aufleben und elterliches Fehlverhalten genau so schmerzhaft empfunden wird wie in der Kindheit. Um ihrem Leben und ihrem Tod einen Sinn zu geben, durchbricht Laura mit einer letzten heldenhaften, provokanten Anstrengung die Fassade familiärer Rücksichten.
The film starts with the main character Laura, a young woman with advanced cancer, entering quite upset the home of her parents and claiming to have stopped chemo therapy and having left her husband. The worried parents call the other three adult daughters into the house and they arrive one by one. For the first time in 6 years the entire family is united again. The characters are drawn as tensions rise from old conflicts and as the situation sinks in that Laura might be terminally ill. The movie eventually shifts from a lively sometimes comical beginning into the serious theme of dying and does handle this quite tactfully and moving. While the film touches on many areas surrounding death (including religion, graveyard, care, eutanasia) the main focus is on the transformation of the characters that are thrown out of their busy lifes into this situation, eventually accepting it and dealing with it.
The film starts with the main character Laura, a young woman with advanced cancer, entering quite upset the home of her parents and claiming to have stopped chemo therapy and having left her husband. The worried parents call the other three adult daughters into the house and they arrive one by one. For the first time in 6 years the entire family is united again. The characters are drawn as tensions rise from old conflicts and as the situation sinks in that Laura might be terminally ill. The movie eventually shifts from a lively sometimes comical beginning into the serious theme of dying and does handle this quite tactfully and moving. While the film touches on many areas surrounding death (including religion, graveyard, care, eutanasia) the main focus is on the transformation of the characters that are thrown out of their busy lifes into this situation, eventually accepting it and dealing with it.
