Gruber is leaving
John Gruber is in his mid thirties, an egocentric, living life in the fast lane and sparing no expense. But all of a sudden he is thrown off track by a cancer diagnosis and by the person who unwillingly delivers the news: Sarah, a DJane from Berlin, who is not his type at all. Feelings just aren’t Gruber’s cup of tea and now, without having asked for them, he has more than ever before…
Marie Kreutzer
Casts & Crew
Manuel Rubey
Doris Schretzmayer
Bernadette Heerwagen
Ulrike Beimpold
Liliane Amuat
Fabian Krüger
Pheline Roggan
Angelina Berger
Martin S. Bergmann
Felix Breuel
Maria Burghardt
Kajetan Dick
Bernhard Fleischmann
Sabine Friesz
Godehard Giese
Simon Hatzl
Pia Hierzegger
Patricia Hirschbichler
Claudia Kainberger
Christian Kainradl
Matthias Koch
Hermann J. Kogler
Miriam Kohler
Lana-Mae Lopicic
Sami Loris
Rosa Lüders
Theo Maalek
Nina Mayrhofer
Natascha Muhic
Victor Orluc
Daniel Pascal
Kai Peterson
Henrietta Rauth
Ida Reiner
Giuseppe Rizzo
Gisela Salcher
Oana Solomon
Thomas Stipsits
Lynsey Thurgar
Harald Windisch
Also Directed by Marie Kreutzer
Iris, a 28-year-old studentin a big city, recently left by her boyfriend and too poor to pay her rent, begins to work for a strange old man. He wants Iris to precisely describe the trivial belongings of a dead woman, packed in white boxes, to keep the memory of the woman alive. Iris is disgusted and fascinated at the same time; reflecting on an invisible person's traces, she slowly becomes aware of her own wounds.
Christmas 1877. Elisabeth, Empress of Austria, turns 40. It is the average life expectancy of a woman in the late 19th century. So Elisabeth is now officially an old woman. As empress, she has exclusively representative duties. She lives locked in the courtly ritual, her duties and the expectations that are placed on her. At forty, she can soon no longer be a symbol of beauty. But what is left to her if she is no longer worshiped, but merely respected? What is their raison d'etre?
Lola controls her personal life with the same ruthless efficiency she uses to optimize profits in her job as a business consultant. But when a tragic event forces the past back into her life, Lola's grip on reality seems to slips away.
Hubert and Helga are separated. Hubert has not yet told her about it in order to spare his heart-broken mother. On her 80th birthday he finally wants to tell the truth. The feast takes its course, until at the end all are exhausted, hurt, drunk and desperate and even do not know exactly what they really want. And then, at the right moment, Hubert takes the floor and - lies.
They never expected Kyra to turn up again. The two brothers and their sister, brought together when their father dies, are stunned by the appearance of their sister.Kyra suddenly vanished over twenty years ago during the breakup of the hippie commune where they were all born. She is like a stranger to them now... but when she discovers that her very existence has been kept secret, she starts to uncover old mysteries. And soon all the brothers and sisters find themselves unearthing the roots of their childhood memories they had suppressed in order to survive. In her debut feature film Marie Kreutzer embarks upon an intriguing and disturbing journey into the past, a gripping study of belonging and solitude, bonds and freedom. Written by Novotny & Novotny Film
Three couples in Vienna have children at around the same time. They're all in their mid-30s, successful, cool and live in a popular part of town. As idealistic as they are materialistic, they grow tomatoes on the balcony, drink locally roasted coffee and expensive cocktails and would never buy an electronic device sporting a half-eaten apple. And they're absolutely certain that you can have children without becoming bourgeois. But the reality tells a different story. Between career and kindergarten, Apple and alternative lifestyles, the satire plays cleverly with hipster clichés and mercilessly points up the gap between the old self-image and the new bourgeoisie.