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Second Thoughts

When Marie’s boyfriend proposes to her in front of his entire family, she doesn't know what to say and flees to the countryside to think it over alone. But her thoughts accompany her. They sit around her in flesh and blood: Her mother pesters her with baby names, exboyfriends climb down trees and a woman in a sari narrates her life in poems. Her would-be fiancé eventually joins her, clashing his own luggage of thoughts with hers. But what if you show your thoughts to each other? How much honesty can a relationship take? In her first feature, director Zora Rux, an apprentice of Swedish filmmaker Roy Andersson, tells a surrealistic story of the search for one’s true self in poetic tableaus.

Top Cast

  • Elisa Plüss

    Elisa Plüss

    Marie

  • Thomas Fränzel

    Thomas Fränzel

    Julian

  • Henriette Confurius

    Henriette Confurius

    Natalia

  • Lola Klamroth

    Lola Klamroth

    Louise

  • Sebastian Schneider

    Sebastian Schneider

    Henrik

  • Peter Miklusz

    Peter Miklusz

    David

  • Judith van der Werff

    Judith van der Werff

    Marie's mother

  • Jörg Kleinau

    Jörg Kleinau

    Julian's father

  • Laurenz Laufenberg

    Laurenz Laufenberg

    Salesman

Overview

When Marie’s boyfriend proposes to her in front of his entire family, she doesn't know what to say and flees to the countryside to think it over alone. But her thoughts accompany her. They sit around her in flesh and blood: Her mother pesters her with baby names, exboyfriends climb down trees and a woman in a sari narrates her life in poems. Her would-be fiancé eventually joins her, clashing his own luggage of thoughts with hers. But what if you show your thoughts to each other? How much honesty can a relationship take? In her first feature, director Zora Rux, an apprentice of Swedish filmmaker Roy Andersson, tells a surrealistic story of the search for one’s true self in poetic tableaus.

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