

When Will It Be Again Like It Never Was Before
2023, German. Directed by Sonja Heiss.
Growing up on the grounds of one of Germany's largest psychiatric hospitals is somehow - different. For Joachim, the director's youngest son, the patients are like family. They are also much nicer to him than his two older brothers, who drive him into fits of rage. His mother, painting watercolors, longs for Italian summer nights instead of constant German rain, while his father secretly, but not discreetly enough, goes his own way. But while Joachim slowly grows up, his world, not only through the loss of his first love, gets more and more cracks...
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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Cast & crew
- Sonja HeissDirector
- Camille MoltzenJoachim (7 ans)
- Arsseni BultmannJoachim (14 ans)
- Merlin RoseJoachim (25 ans)
- Laura TonkeIris
- Devid StriesowRichard
- Kolja KoddenbrockPhilipp (10 ans)
- Casper von BülowPhilipp (18 ans)
- Leevi Tjelle HöhleinPatrick jeune
- Joscha EißenPatrick vieux
- Pola GeigerMarlene (14 ans)
- Axel MilbergMinistre-président
- Florian LeueRobert
Details
- Released
- 23 February 2023
- Original title
- Wann wird es endlich wieder so, wie es nie war
- Country
- Belgium, Germany
- Written by
- Sonja Heiss, Lars Hubrich
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Who directed When Will It Be Again Like It Never Was Before?
When Will It Be Again Like It Never Was Before (2023) was directed by Sonja Heiss and stars Camille Moltzen, Arsseni Bultmann, Merlin Rose.