Film
24 Weeks (Ottawa)

Goethe-Cinema in Ottawa

Fri, 09/08/2017

Dir. Anne Zohra Berrached. Germany. 2016. 102 mins., with: Julia Jentsch, Bjarne Madel, Johanna Gastdorf.

In German with English subtitles.

Astrid is a successful standup comic happily using her own pregnancy as material. All changes when she learns in late pregnancy that her child will be severely disabled. Confronted now with a moral dilemma on how to proceed, things are made even more complicated: as a public figure she now has the pressure to make the right decision.

“Through a combination of unflinching, high quality performances and some assiduous button-pushing, Berrached has put together a wrenchingly affecting picture.” – Screen Daily