After her release from prison Alex, who has lost her faith in love, tries to reclaim her psychic balance through a retreat into loneliness. A man and a child interrupt her plan and force her to reengage. Alex dares to emerge from her shell and learns again how thin the ice is and how fragile happiness is, small though it may be.
Director: Sylke Enders
Cast: Axel Prahl, Juliane Köhler, Leonard Carow, Ronald Kukulies, Niels Bormann, Udo Schenk, Gabriele Grawe, Isabelle Ertmann
After her release from prison Alex, who has lost her faith in love, tries to reclaim her psychic balance through a retreat into loneliness. A man and a child interrupt her plan and force her to reengage. Alex dares to emerge from her shell and learns again how thin the ice is and how fragile happiness is, small though it may be.
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After her release from prison Alex, who has lost her faith in love, tries to reclaim her psychic balance through a retreat into loneliness. A man and a child interrupt her plan and force her to reenga…
1h 42m
January 31, 2008
Sylke Enders
Axel Prahl, Juliane Köhler, Leonard Carow
Drama