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When an ER doctor in Berlin learns she has inherited a home in Austria from the family that gave her up as a child, she wastes no time listing the property for sale, eager to sever ties with her painful past. Accompanied by her husband, she travels to the picturesque village to finalize the transaction, anticipating a swift resolution. Yet as hours stretch into days amid the Alpine charm, an unsettling strangeness seeps into her experience. Curious neighbors press her to reconsider and stay, their insistence laced with an eerie knowingness that defies casual hospitality.
Familiarity creeps in unbidden—half-remembered landmarks, whispers of childhood echoes, and a growing sense of dislocation that blurs the line between memory and manipulation. What begins as mild discomfort escalates into a full-blown nightmare, ensnaring the couple in the village's shadowy undercurrents. Secrets long buried with her relinquishment resurface, transforming the inherited home from asset to trap. As trust erodes and reality warps, she confronts the haunting possibility that rejection from her birth family was no accident—and returning may unleash horrors beyond escape.
This gripping psychological thriller builds dread through isolation, revelation, and the terror of unwanted roots reclaiming their own.
Key Information
Year
2025
Duration
105 min
Genre
Horror
Country
Germany
Languages
German
Awards
Opening Film of Panorama Berlinale 2025
Cast & Crew
Directors
Andreas Prochaska (The Dark Valley, Alex Rider)
Production Companies
Lotus Film Production Senator Filmproduction (Quiet Life)
Cast
Julia Franz Richter (Ghost Trail, Peacock) Reinout Scholten van Aschat (Alpha, Bite) Gerti Drassl (Persona Non Grata) Maria Hofstätter (Paradise trilogy, The Devil’s Bath)
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