“A beguiling psychodrama about familial fractures, slippery identity, and the difficult means by which people move on from tragedy.”
—Nick Schager, Daily Beast

“Christian Petzold likes to maintain a certain critical distance onscreen, but, oh, how beautifully he can move you to tears.”
—Manohla Dargis, NY Times (Critic’s Pick)

During a weekend trip to the countryside, Laura (Paula Beer), a young piano student from Berlin, miraculously survives a shocking car crash. Awakening in a nearby house, Laura finds herself in the care of a local woman, who tends to her with motherly devotion.

As she recuperates, Laura begins to integrate herself into the lives of the woman and her initially reluctant husband and son. By turns haunted and hopeful, Laura and her adopted family reawaken to the world and come to find a strange harmony together.

However, they cannot outrun the ghosts of the past, which begin to stir, as acclaimed director Christian Petzold (PHOENIX, TRANSIT) spins a modern gothic fairytale about the lies we tell ourselves and the strange ways that grief, connection, and humanity bind and sustain us.