Short synopsis : Sophie flies to New York to find a woman who bears an inexplicable resemblance to her dead mother, unaware of the shocking revelations that await her.

Long synopsis : Jazz singer Sophie (Katja Riemann) receives an urgent phone call from her father, Paul Krombach (Matthias Habich). He wants to show her a photo on an American newspaper website - the photo of a woman who bears an astonishing and inexplicable resemblance to his recently deceased wife, Sophie’s mother. Paul asks his daughter to find the woman in the picture - Catarina Fabiani (Barbara Sukowa) a celebrated opera singer. Despite her misgivings, to please her father, Sophie reluctantly agrees. As she flies to New York, she cannot possibly imagine the revelations that await her - about her mother, her father, herself... A breathless, masterfully orchestrated thriller about family secrets from Margarethe von Trotta (Golden Lion Winner and director of Hannah Arendt).

Cast

• Matthias Habich, Robert Seeliger, Karin Dor, Katja Riemann, Barbara Sukowa

Crew

• Producer(s): Markus Zimmer, Herert G. KLOIBER for TELE MUNCHEN FERNSEH GMBH & CO. PRODUKTIONSGESELLSCHAFT, Manfred Thurau, Rainer Jeskulke
• Director(s): Margarethe Von Trotta
• Screenplay: Margarethe Von Trotta
• DP: Axel Block
• Editing: Bettina Böhler
• Original Music: Sven Rossenbach, Florian Van Volxem
• Costume Designer: Frauke Firl
• Sound Editor: Michael Busch
• Assistant Director: Anke Werner
• Script Supervisor: Silke C. Engler
• Casting: Sabine Schroth
• Production design: Volker Schaefer
• Make Up: Dolores Sanchez, Astrid Weber
• Still Photographer: Jan Betke

• Genre(s): Drama


• Production company: TELE-MÜNCHEN FERNSEH GMBH & CO. PRODUKTIONS- GESELLSCHAFT, CLASART FILM- UND FERNSEHPRODUKTIONS GESELLSCHAFT MBH
• Production date: 2015
• Language: German
• Duration: 101 min

• Berlinale 2015 - Berlinale Special