Grüne Wüste (1999)
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Martina Gedeck, Tatjana Trieb, Robert Gwisdek, Ulrich Noethen, Heino Ferch
A young couple’s imagined future is shaken by their parents’ affair and the boy’s worsening illness.
The story
Fourteen-year-old Katja and her boyfriend Johann spend time dreaming about their future in a forest near their village, which they call the “Green Desert.” Their hopes are disrupted by an affair between Katja’s mother, Doris, and Johann’s father, Simon, while Katja’s father, Detlef, observes without intervening. At the same time, Johann’s health becomes a growing concern as it becomes clear that he has leukemia. Faced with these upheavals in her family and first love, Katja must begin leaving childhood behind.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Fourteen-year-old Katja lives out her dreams with her boyfriend Johann in the “Green Desert,” a forest near their village. There, they plan the future they want to spend together. But that future is threatened in two ways: first, by the affair between Katja’s mother, Doris, and Johann’s father, Simon, which Katja’s father, Detlef, watches without doing anything. Second, it is becoming increasingly clear that Johann, Katja’s first great love, has leukemia. The young woman must now leave her childhood behind in order to cope with this.
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