Der Taucher (2019)
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Franziska Weisz, Julia Franz Richter, Alex Brendemühl, Dominic Marcus Singer
On Ibiza, a mother tries to hold firm as her former partner manipulates her to withdraw a complaint of abuse.
The story
Viennese Irene lives on Ibiza with her 18-year-old daughter, Lena, and they share a close bond. Their lives are disrupted when Irene’s former partner, Paul, returns to the island with his son, Robert. Paul, a composer and musician whose international career is in jeopardy, is due to stand trial after severely abusing Irene. He tries to influence and manipulate her into withdrawing her complaint. The story follows the four people involved as they respond to the trauma and the violence in different ways.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Viennese Irene is actually a strong, self-confident woman. She lives on Ibiza with her 18-year-old daughter Lena, and the two share a close bond. One day, Irene’s former partner, Paul, a composer and musician, returns to Ibiza with his son Robert. Paul’s international career is in jeopardy because he is due to stand trial soon after severely abusing Irene. Paul therefore tries by every means to influence and manipulate Irene into withdrawing her complaint. It almost seems as though he will succeed, when his son Robert and Lena turn against him. The film tells the story of a trauma from the perspectives of the four people involved. Each represents a particular way of dealing with the experience of violence, such as denial, repression, resistance, and resignation.
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