Das wahre Leben (2006)

Roland Spatz is a workaholic who, over the years, has grown estranged from his wife, Sybille, and their two teenage sons, Charles and Linus. When he loses his job as a risk manager, he is suddenly forced to deal with his family: his wife, who takes refuge in an affair and in working at her gallery; his eldest son, Charles, who discovers his homosexuality while in the military; and his youngest son, Linus, who builds bombs to get attention and terrorizes the neighborhood. The Krüger family next door serves as a counterpoint to Roland’s efforts to create an idyllic nuclear family. They lost a son several years ago: the father is an alcoholic, the mother is addicted to pills, and the daughter is suicidal. Near the end of the film, after Linus sets his parents’ house on fire and Florina Krüger, high on pills, jumps into the swimming pool, Roland and Sybille work together to save Florina’s life. In the end, the two fall asleep arm in arm in the garden of their burned-down house. Linus narrates that in chemistry, everything is always in motion.