Wann wird es endlich wieder so, wie es nie war

Summary

When Will It Be Again Like It Never Was Before

"Actually, all he has to do is just concentrate exactly, then you don’t die." – "I do it all the time, too. Otherwise, I’d already be dead a thousand times over."

The household Josse grows up in hardly corresponds to the typical notions of family: his father is the director of a psychiatric clinic, on the premises of which their family home is located. Josse spends his childhood and adolescence with two brothers and liberal parents whose bourgeois life is threatening to break up their marriage. Again and again, Josse is plagued by fits of anger and sadness. He finds a sympathetic ear, consolation and the feeling of not being an oddball primarily among the psychiatric patients. The adaptation of Joachim Meyerhoff’s bestseller is carried by a well-known cast and tells a tragicomic tale about growing up in the 1970s. A soulful celebration of life in all its absurdity and transience.

Source: 73. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)