"If you think German cinema needs to question its permanently clichéd portrayal of East Germany, Sehnsucht in Sangerhausen is the place to be"
Two women meet in Sangerhausen: Ursula, a waitress with a broken heart, and Neda, an Iranian YouTuber with a broken arm. One summer evening, Ursula falls in love with a mysterious musician from the big city, while Neda is convinced that she has recognized an old friend from Tehran in an equally enigmatic street sweeper. The twisted paths of chance lead the two women to a ghost hunt in the mountains...
In the new film by Julian Radlmaier (BLUTSAUGER, SELF-KRITIK EINES BÜRGERLICHEN HUNDES), the main characters stumble together through a place of contrasts, take on the ghosts of the past and share dreams that are older than they realize. A small East German town becomes the setting for a story about cohesion and community, about Germany and its workers and the longing for a different life.
Germany 2025, 90 min.
Written & directed by Julian Radlmaier, camera: Faraz Fesharaki
With Clara Schwinning, Maral Keshavarz, Henriette Confurius, Paula Schindler, Ghazal Shojaei, Kyung-Taek Lie, Buksori Lie, and others.
