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Second Thoughts

Second Thoughts

2022 1h 24mDramaRomanceComedy

When Marie’s boyfriend proposes to her in front of his entire family, she doesn't know what to say and flees to the countryside to think it over alone. But her thoughts accompany her. They sit around her in flesh and blood: Her mother pesters her with baby names, exboyfriends climb down trees and a woman in a sari narrates her life in poems. Her would-be fiancé eventually joins her, clashing his own luggage of thoughts with hers. But what if you show your thoughts to each other? How much honesty can a relationship take? In her first feature, director Zora Rux, an apprentice of Swedish filmmaker Roy Andersson, tells a surrealistic story of the search for one’s true self in poetic tableaus.

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When Marie’s boyfriend proposes to her in front of his entire family, she doesn't know what to say and flees to the countryside to think it over alone. But her thoughts accompany her. They sit around her in flesh and blood: Her mother pesters her with baby names, exboyfriends climb down trees and a woman in a sari narrates her life in poems. Her would-be fiancé eventually joins her, clashing his own luggage of thoughts with hers. But what if you show your thoughts to each other? How much honesty can a relationship take? In her first feature, director Zora Rux, an apprentice of Swedish filmmaker Roy Andersson, tells a surrealistic story of the search for one’s true self in poetic tableaus.

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Zora RuxDirectorJesse MazuchCinematography

Cast

Elisa PlüssElisa PlüssMarie
Thomas FränzelThomas FränzelJulian
Henriette ConfuriusHenriette ConfuriusNatalia
Lola KlamrothLola KlamrothLouise
Sebastian SchneiderSebastian SchneiderHenrik
Peter MikluszPeter MikluszDavid
Judith van der WerffJudith van der WerffMarie's mother
Jörg KleinauJörg KleinauJulian's father
Laurenz LaufenbergSalesman
Wenka von MikuliczWenka von MikuliczWoman in indian costume
Paul LuxPaul LuxGepo
Pablo GrantPablo Grant
Konstantin Bez
Valentin Erb
Romina KüperRomina Küper
Gina StiebitzGina Stiebitz

Director

Zora Rux

Writer

Zora Rux

Release date

18 Jan 2022

Runtime

1h 24m

Studio

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)

Language

German, English

Country

Germany

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