The latest film from Christian Petzold, a leading figure in contemporary German cinema.
After a car crash kills her boyfriend, piano student Laura is taken in by Betty, who witnessed the accident. Living with Betty’s family brings comfort, but Laura starts questioning their intentions as time passes.
Christian Petzold and Paula Beer team up once more for an elegant sliver of a psychodrama
Guy Lodge Variety 17/05/2025
Rich study of trauma and grief unfolds in the German countryside
Wendy Ide Screen Daily 17/05/2025
Using only diegetic music and shot in a crisp, unfussy style, with a preponderance of soft, natural light, the film is as spare and elegant as we have come to expect from Petzold.
David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter 17/05/2025
Christian Petzold
Christian Petzold is a German film director born on 14 September 1960 in Hilden.
After graduating from the German Film and Television Academy, he directed his graduation film Pilots (1994) and two crime thrillers Cuba Libre (1996) and The Sex Thief (1998).
In 2000 he released his first feature film, The State I Am In, for which he also wrote the screenplay. A representative of the “nouvelle vague” of German cinema, his films are regularly in competition at the Berlinale, and he was rewarded for Barbara (2012), Undine (2020) and in 2023 for Afire.
His new film, Miroirs No. 3 (2025), was selected for the Directors’ Fortnight.
