Alle anderen (Everyone else)

Director: Maren Ade, colour, 124 min., 2009

In a holiday mood filled with yearning on the island of Sardinia, far removed from everyday life, a couple’s problems with freedom and conformity take a dramatic turn for the worse. The intimate and all-too-familiar feelings, situations and behaviour patterns are conveyed by outstanding actors in such a real and lifelike manner that it almost hurts.