SYNOPSIS
A man between two women: Christian, a freelance photographer, and Ariane, who works in a nursery, are a couple. But now Christian has fallen in love with Isabel, Ariane's half-sister. A friend advises him to flip a coin. Ariane doesn't want to lose Christian. She talks incessantly against Christian's intended separation. Isabel wants to move in with him. Ariane then confronts her. Neither able nor willing to let go, she persistently pushes both of them. Isabel draws the consequences ... "Are you happy?" Almost all the protagonists are repeatedly asked this crucial question.

ABOUT
Angela Schanelec was born in 1962 in Aalen, Germany. She studied acting at the University of Performing Arts in Frankfurt am Main from 1982 to 1984. Until 1991 she acted in the theater and had engagements at Schauspiel Köln, Thalia Theater Hamburg and Schauspielhaus Bochum, among others. From 1990 to 1995, she studied film directing at the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin (DFFB) and has worked as a freelance film director ever since. Her films have won numerous awards: MARSEILLE received the "Best Screenplay Award" from German film critics, her feature film ORLY won the Filmkunstpreis at the Festival des deutschen Films in Ludwigshafen. Her film ICH WAR ZUHAUSE, ABER was nominated for the Golden Bear and won the Directing Award at the Berlinale. Angela Schanelec is a professor of narrative film at the University of Fine Arts Hamburg.

Reinhold Vorschneider studied philosophy and political science before beginning his training at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB). As a cinematographer, he collaborates with artists such as Angela Schanelec, Thomas Arslan, Christoph Hochhäusler, Benjamin Heisenberg, and Maria Speth. Such collaborations have yielded critically acclaimed films, including Heisenberg's DER RÄUBER, which screened in competition at the Berlinale. Vorschneider’s work has also been repeatedly featured at Cannes, including both SCHLÄFER by Benjamin Heisenberg and MARSEILLE by Angela Schanelec. For his work on WILD by Nicolette Krebitz, which premiered at Sundance, he received the the German Film Award. Vorschneider’s most recent documentary work, Maria Speth's HERR BACHMANN UND SEINE KLASSE was awarded the Jury Prize at the 2021 Berlinale.