Following on from exorcism drama Requiem and Stasi surveillance thriller The Lives Of Others, Longing is further proof of a resurgence in German film. A deceptively simple account of a love triangle unfolding in the countryside outside Berlin, it’s the debut feature of writer/director Valeska Grisebach. Volunteer fireman Markus (Andreas Müller) is in love with wife Ella (Ilka Welz) but after sleeping with waitress Anett Dornbusch on a training weekend, finds himself torn between the two women.
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