WAY HOME
synopsis
Hannelore (65) has been taking care of her husband Klaus (69), who suffers from dementia, for many years. It’s a burden of care that is now threatening to overwhelm her. When their neighbor Guenther (65) suddenly goes on a trip, Hannelore decides to follow him – leaving her husband alone at home. Guenther has just lost his partner to cancer and is off to his holiday cottage on the coast, where he plans to take his own life.
international title: | Way Home |
original title: | Vergiss dein Ende (Heimweh) |
country: | Germany |
year: | 2011 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Andreas Kannengiesser |
screenplay: | Nico Woche |
cast: | Eugen Krößner, Hermann Beyer, Dieter Mann, Renate Krössner, Nadine Pasta |
cinematography by: | Stephan Fallucchi |
film editing: | Mirja Gerle |
art director: | Barbara Falkner, Adnán Hernández Salazar |
music: | Martin Spange |
producer: | Anna Wendt |
production: | Anna Wendt Filmproduktion, Hochschule für Film & Fernsehen "Konrad Wolf" |
backing: | Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Landesfoerderinstitut Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |