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Frau Winkler verlässt das Haus
Bittersweet comedy in which a lonely 80-year-old finds renewed zest for life through an unexpected friendship with a care robot
“Simultaneously profound, thoughtful, and funny”
rbb
“a very entertaining film about robots and AI”
Der Spiegel
In the year 2030, retired actress Frau Winkler has nothing left except her daughter Emi and granddaughter Billie. Her beloved husband died far too young; Frau Winkler never fully emerged from her grief, leaning entirely on Emi. When Emi accepts a theater contract to finally live her own life, her mother suffers an accident and suddenly needs intensive care. A quick solution is required: an automated care robot provided by public health insurance. Frau Winkler vehemently resists machine companionship. But an unlikely bond develops between the 80-year-old and the remarkably well-read robot, whom she dubs Pavlovich and who delights her by reciting Chekhov flawlessly. Yet Pavlovich is more than amusing company: he also transmits her declining vital signs to a healthcare bureaucracy fixated on efficiency. Pavlovich promises to stand by her, but can an artificial intelligence make a promise to a human being that it can actually keep?
A bittersweet, deeply moving tragicomedy about care, loss, and human resilience in an increasingly automated world: once again, director and screenwriter Doris Dörrie takes on pressing contemporary questions, matching the emotional resonance of her masterpieces such as "Cherry Blossoms" ("Kirschblüten – Hanami") and "Fukushima, Mon Amour".
Shows are in German unless they carry their language, like EN for English.
“Doris Dörrie addresses topics such as the future of elderly care and euthanasia without prejudice.”
Spielfilm.de
“For laughter, for tears, for recognition”
Programmkino.de
