Impossibly Yours

Impossibly Yours (2007)

April 26, 2025

Anja, a student, and Leonhard, a judge, meet at Marlene, his ex-wife, and Paul’s house, marry shortly afterwards and have a son, Daniel. However, Anja’s desire for love is not fulfilled in their relationship. When she is not careful, Daniel scalds himself and is admitted to hospital. Subsequently, Anja drinks more alcohol and begins an affair with Paul. When Marlene and Leonhard find out, Leonhard files for divorce. After an alcohol poisoning, Anja goes to rehab. During an outing with the therapy group, Anja throws herself out of a window and dies.

Sugarlove

Sugarlove (2021)

January 5, 2025

The marriage between sociology professor Patrick and psychotherapist Julia is a successful, stable union, a relationship many envy. It is a partnership in which both find a sense of security and inspiration. The only thing missing is sex. Julia has lost all desire for it. Patrick, however, refuses to resign himself to abstinence. Since both are determined to save their relationship, Julia proposes an unconventional solution to the problem. Online, Patrick finds Claire, a woman who is natural, intelligent, attractive, and desirable. Claire is a woman who knows exactly what she is doing, and who shrewdly leverages her erotic capital to ensure her financial security. The affair is intended to remain strictly sexual. Yet Patrick proves unable to control his emotions as planned. When Claire discovers that she is merely a means to an end for the couple, she begins to cross the established boundaries thereby throwing the entire lives of the married couple, and their family, into turmoil.

Yella

Yella (2007)

August 20, 2022

A young East German woman leaves her controlling husband/business partner and relocates to a West German city to start anew as an accountant, but he soon catches up with her.

Jonathan

Jonathan (2016)

January 15, 2021

A young man struggles with the pressure of caring for his terminally ill father while trying to unlock a secret that his father seems determined to keep from him. The story takes another dramatic turn when Ron, Burghardt’s long-lost friend from his youth, re-appears — and a well-kept family secret is uncovered.

Effi Briest

Following her parents’ wishes, spirited seventeen-year-old Effi Briest marries Baron von Innstetten – a former admirer of her mother – who is twenty years Effi’s senior. This marriage of prudence heralds the beginning of a humdrum life, far from home, for Effi. Innstetten devotes himself entirely to his political career, and the sleepy small town of Kessin has very little to offer in terms of variety. But then, one day, Innstetten’s old regimental comrade, Major […]

Betrayed Friends (aka Verratene Freunde)

(Google Translated) Entrepreneur Peter Staude has invited headmaster Andreas Rogel, longtime friend of his wife Christa, as well as his wife Heike to dinner. Heike, who works as a doctor, and Peter have a secret affair for half a year and Christa suspects that her husband is a stranger. She throws this to Peter while eating and goes to her room. Heike and Andreas are embarrassed by the situation and Andreas wants to find out […]