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Tenderness
If You Are Afraid You Put Your Heart into Your Mouth and Smile

Twelve-year-old Anna switches from middle school to high school. Things are quite different here: the children in the new school come from a completely other social class. Anna feels ashamed of her background and her deaf mother. During the ski week, Anna must pretend to be sick. The money set aside for the ski course is spent on buying a sofa bed, which should enable her mother to have a sexual relationship, but also provide the daughter with a bit more privacy. Mara, a friend in class, becomes an ally when it turns out that she also is hiding a secret.


Director|Marie Luise Lehner

  • 2025
  • Austria
  • 87’
  • In German, German Sign Language and English
  • Chinese and English subtitles
  • Drama
  • Color
  • Group D

𓇼 2025 Berlin Film Festival - Teddy Award Jury Award


𓇼 Asian Premiere




The screening is supported by

6.1 Sun 20:30

6.10 Tue 20:00

Director
Marie Luise Lehner