Die Fremde und das Dorf (2014)
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Henriette Confurius, Pia Baresch, Enzo Gaier, Gudrun Golob, Gernot Haas, Doris P. Kofler, Stefan Matousch, Klaus Ortner, Wolfgang Rauh, Manuel Rubey, August Schmölzer, Franz Solar, Margarete Tiesel, Saskia Vester, Max von Thun, Franziska Walser, Franziska Weisz
After an earthquake leaves teacher Rosaria bereaved and without her possessions, she accompanies children from Italy to a Styrian village, where she falls in love but faces rejection.
The story
After an earthquake, a village in Tragöß, Styria, Austria, invites traumatized children from Italy to stay and recover. Their teacher, Rosaria, accompanies them, having lost her family and all her possessions in the disaster. In the close-knit village community, she falls in love with young farmer Josef and decides to stay. But Rosaria often encounters rejection there.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
After an earthquake, a village in Styria, Austria (Tragöß), invites traumatized children from Italy to stay and recover. The children are accompanied by their teacher, Rosaria, who lost her family as well as all her possessions in the natural disaster. There, she falls in love with the young farmer Josef and decides to stay in the close-knit little village community. But she often encounters rejection there. After a scuffle with his son, Josef’s father falls so badly that he sues Josef. Despite being innocent, Josef is sentenced to 14 months in prison. At his father’s birthday celebration, Josef appears unexpectedly and shows everyone gathered there his mother’s buried corpse. Back then, he had seen his father beat her and carry her away. Josef was subsequently sent to a psychiatric institution to be treated for delusions. Now that his father has been taken away, Josef begins a new life on the farm, together with Rosaria.
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