When the film begins, it is all over. “We know it’s terminal, and that’s all”, says Juliane of her mother Kerstin, who is in great pain and about to die aged just 64. Although the young doctor she consults acknowledges on a personal level that everyone has the right to manage their own death, he nonetheless reminds her that euthanasia is still illegal in Germany. This is even more the case at the Catholic hospice where Kerstin is staying. As relatives come to say goodbye to her mother and the emotions of memories mingle with the anticipation of grief, Juliane finds herself having to do battle with time – unbending, apathetic and monochrome – and this is superbly reflected in the convulsions of the handheld camera in wide shots.
Based on personal experience, Jessica Krummacher’s second feature film vividly relates the painful story of losing a parent. There is no violence or morbidity, rather the director describes the most important of events via the smallest, most fragile of details – the exchanging of words, texts and tender gestures that remain with us and get under our skin.
故事紧接着上一部展开。拉拉(陈东兰 Lana Condor 饰)和皮特(诺亚·森迪尼奥 Noah Centineo 饰)总算是互相坦白了感情走到了一起,他们两人都兴致勃勃的准备迎接在一起之后的第一个情人节的到来。对于这对初来乍到的小情侣来说,之后两人所要经历的一切对他们既是享受也是挑战,从来没有过类似经验的拉拉内心里难免充满了忐忑。 基蒂(安娜·卡思卡特 Anna Cathcart 饰)、玛格特(贾娜尔·帕里希 Janel Parrish 饰)和新结识的伙伴斯托米(霍兰德·泰勒 Holland Taylor 饰)是拉拉最坚实的后盾,但拉拉有时候又会觉得疑惑,自己是不是过于依赖她们了呢?当约翰(乔丹·费舍 Jordan Fisher 饰)再度出现在拉拉的身边时,给她和皮特的感情带来了许多不确定因素。