
BiggiandAlfredusedtobeacouple,butlife’stoughifyoudon’thavegainfulemploymentandsotheyarestilllivingtogetheronarun-downfarminSaxony-Anhalt.Biggi’sdaughtersDenise(17)andSaskia(14)aretryingtomaketheirwayinlifebutarehindered,bothbytheemotionalroller-coasterthatispubertyandtheirfragmentedschoolingwhichhasfeaturedbullying,boutsofanxietyandvariousspellsinhomes.Theadultstrytogivethemstabilitybuttheyarebattlingtheirowndemons.TheyhavebigdreamsofaWesterntownorastudfarm,butwithoutmoneytheirbucolicidyllofhorsesanddogssoonfeelsliketheendoftheworld.<br/> RosaHannahZieglercreatesaclose,sensitiverelationshipwithherprotagoniststhatalsogivesthemthespacetoexpresswithdignitytheirvulnerabilityandbrokenness.Herrespectfulobservationalfeature-lengthdebutseeshercontinuethetraditionoftheWendlandFilmCooperativewhich,foundedin1975,usedfilmtoexaminesocialimbalances.Ziegler’sfamilymicrocosmallowshertoportraylifeonthemarginsandagroupofindividualswho,thoughexcludedandpowerlessagainstinstitutions,arestillfullofdreamsforabetterfuture.
