A mother should look out for her sons.
In the heat of the summer lays a lonesome house in the countryside where nine year old twin brothers await their mother’s return. When she comes home, bandaged after cosmetic surgery, nothing is like before and the children start to doubt whether this woman is actually who she says she is.
Cast
Elias Schwarz
Elias
Lukas Schwarz
Lukas
Susanne Wuest
Mother
Hans Escher
Priest
Elfriede Schatz
Red Cross Collector #1
Karl Purker
Red Cross Collector #2
Georg Deliovsky
Pizza Supplier
Christian Steindl
Mesner
Christian Schatz
Farmer
Erwin Schmalzbauer
Accordion God
Michael Ande
Werner von Trapp
Ruth Leuwerik
Baronin von Trapp
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- Release Date 10/07/2014
- Language German
- Directors Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala
- Editor Michael Palm
- Cinematographer Martin Gschlacht
- Producer Ulrich Seidl
- Companies Koch Media, Ulrich Seidl Filmproduktion, Radius Productions, Filmfonds Wien, FISA, OFI, ORF
- Homepage ichsehichseh.at
| Country | Date | Format | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | Aug 30, 2014 | Premiere (Venice Film Festival) | VM18 |
| Spain | Oct 7, 2014 | Theatrical (Limited) (Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival) | — |
| GR | Nov 2, 2014 | Premiere (Thessaloniki International Film Festival) | — |
| United States | Nov 9, 2014 | Theatrical (Limited) (AFI Fest) | — |
| AT | Jan 8, 2015 | Theatrical | — |
| Netherlands | Feb 26, 2015 | Theatrical | 16 |
| France | May 13, 2015 | Theatrical | 12 |
| Germany | Jul 2, 2015 | Theatrical | 16 |
| Brazil | Sep 11, 2015 | Theatrical (Limited) | 16 |
| United States | Sep 11, 2015 | Theatrical | R |
| Japan | Jan 12, 2016 | Theatrical | — |
| Poland | Feb 12, 2016 | Theatrical | — |
| Brazil | Feb 25, 2016 | Theatrical | — |
| United Kingdom | Mar 4, 2016 | Theatrical | 15 |
| CL | Mar 31, 2016 | Theatrical | — |
| TR | Apr 8, 2016 | Theatrical | — |
| PE | Apr 14, 2016 | Theatrical | — |
| Australia | Apr 20, 2016 | Physical | M |
| Italy | Apr 23, 2016 | Theatrical (Limited) | — |
| AR | Apr 28, 2016 | Theatrical | — |
| Italy | Sep 22, 2016 | Physical | — |
| PH | Nov 15, 2016 | Theatrical (Limited) (Cinema One Originals Film Festival) | — |
| ID | May 6, 2017 | Premiere (Europe on Screen) | — |
| Mexico | Oct 3, 2019 | Digital (Casa CANÍBAL) | — |
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