Under the Family Tree

Original Title	Die Familie
director	Constanze Knoche
screenplay	Leis Bagdach, Constanze Knoche
production	Neufilm, Leis Bagdach
commisioning editor ZDF	Lucas Schmidt, Diana Kraus
length	90 minutes

Status: Completed

Habitual truant Isabell, 16, is sent to a self knowledge seminar in the Polish Sudeten Mountains for summer holidays by her desperate single mother. In the midst of untouched nature she encounters a group of psycho-esoterics led by therapist Einar and his wife Julia: both are considered to be luminaries of so called “systemic family constellation”. Though Isabell initially denies to take an active part in the eccentric group meetings, after a while she gets convinced by an arising feeling of togetherness. Above all she is highly attracted by Einar himself – it flatters her being aware that the charismatic man also has cast an eye at her. What seems like an exciting adventure in the beginning shifts as one of the participants – Saskia, a young woman who has lost her own daughter some years ago – loses her mind and disappears without a trace.

A gloomy erotic psychological thriller about the universal trials and tribulations of growing up.

Cast

Isabell	Stephanie Amarell
Einar	Godehard Giese
Jule	Karin Hanczewski
Meret	Claudia Geisler-Bading
Tereza	Emma Drogunova
Inspector	Mirosław Baka

Crew

dop	Andreas Bergmann
film editor	Kai Minierski
music & sound design	Felix Andriessens

Film poster