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When Will It Be Again Like It Never Was Before
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When Will It Be Again Like It Never Was Before

2023-02-23 · 116 min · ★ 5.5

Drama · Comedy

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...

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Directors
Sonja Heiss
Production companies
Komplizen Film, Warner Bros. Film Productions Germany, Frakas Productions
Countries
Belgium, Germany
Status
Released

Top Cast

Camille MoltzenCamille MoltzenJoachim (7 ans)
Arsseni BultmannArsseni BultmannJoachim (14 ans)
Merlin RoseMerlin RoseJoachim (25 ans)
Laura TonkeLaura TonkeIris
Devid StriesowDevid StriesowRichard
Kolja KoddenbrockPhilipp (10 ans)
Casper von BülowCasper von BülowPhilipp (18 ans)
Leevi Tjelle HöhleinPatrick jeune
Joscha EißenPatrick vieux
Pola GeigerPola GeigerMarlene (14 ans)
Axel MilbergAxel MilbergMinistre-président
Florian LeueRobert
Andreas MerkerSonneur de cloche
Lina BeckmannLina BeckmannFemme baise
Anne MüllerAnne MüllerHelene
Hannah GrzimekKatrin
Kathleen MorgeneyerKathleen MorgeneyerSecrétaire du père
Matthias BundschuhMatthias BundschuhRecteur
Leon CliffSimba
Sarah BauerettSarah BauerettMadame Ehlers

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