Geister (2024)
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Ali Berber, Manolo Bertling, Amal Keller, Gabija Siurbyte, Ute Lubosch
After his estranged childhood friend dies by suicide, a man returns home and is haunted by the friend’s ghost.
The story
David and Andreas have drifted apart over the years, but David eventually decides to visit the friend who was once his closest companion in youth. Soon afterward, Andreas dies by suicide, leaving David plagued by guilt. David travels to their old hometown on the German-Polish border for the funeral. What begins as a brief visit becomes a journey into his past. Then Andreas appears to David as a ghost that only David can see, and David cannot get rid of the supernatural presence. As he wrestles with the apparition, he also wonders whether he bears some responsibility for his friend’s death.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
David and Andreas have lost touch with each other over the years. After a long time, David decides to visit the friend who was once his best friend in his youth. A short while later, Andreas dies by suicide. David is then plagued by guilt. He decides to travel to his old hometown on the German-Polish border for the funeral, where he and Andreas grew up. What was meant to be a short visit becomes a journey into the past for him. One day, his deceased friend appears to David as a ghost that only he can see. He tries unsuccessfully to get rid of the supernatural apparition. The question of why Andreas took his own life also hangs in the air. David wonders whether he may have been partly to blame for the suicide.
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