Familiar Circles
Familiar Circles
2016, German. Directed by Jonas Rothlaender.
Is our fate predetermined by our family history? Are familial conflicts passed on from one generation to another? And what can be done to interrupt this vicious cycle? After decades of silence, the film-maker Jonas Rothlaender travels to Zurich to seek out his grandfather Günther who not only lost the grandmother's fortune, but also misappropriated several millions from others; money he then lost in risky stock market investments. Günther, now 90 years old, critically ill and completely impoverished, is possessed by the idea to settle his debts before he dies. There is one last deal he wants to close ...
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- 2h 10m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- German
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- Released
- 1 September 2016
- Original title
- Familie haben
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- Germany
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Familiar Circles runs 130 minutes (2h 10m).
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Familiar Circles isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 September 2016. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed Familiar Circles?
Familiar Circles (2016) was directed by Jonas Rothlaender.