Of Living Without Illusion

Of Living Without Illusion

108 mins | Drama | Aug. 10, 2023

Suburban summer heat. Merit, Eva, Lion, Rose and David cautiously wind around their conflicted relationships. They talk, but their words don’t meet. They play theatre while rehearsing their lives. The garden needs watering. Fears of the future and traces of violence relentlessly press into the present. A narrative of the beauty and gravity that arise from discovering our individual truths.

Of Living Without Illusion

108 mins | Drama | Aug. 10, 2023

Of Living Without Illusion
Suburban summer heat. Merit, Eva, Lion, Rose and David cautiously wind around their conflicted relationships. They talk, but their words don’t meet. They play theatre while rehearsing their lives. The garden needs watering. Fears of the future and traces of violence relentlessly press into the present. A narrative of the beauty and gravity that arise from discovering our individual truths.
Producers
Original title Und dass man ohne Täuschung zu leben vermag
Directors Katharina Lüdin
Writers

Cast

Godehard Giese

as David

Lorenz Hochhuth

as Lion

Jenny Schily

as Merit

Anna Bolk

as Eva

Ikkô Masuda

as Makoto

Martin Clausen

as Bruder

Wolfgang Michael

as Joachim