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When Will It Be Again Like It Never Was Before

2023 · 116 min

A tender, bittersweet coming-of-age story that finds warmth and quiet humour in an unusual childhood, slowly revealing the cracks beneath.

Directed by
Sonja Heiss
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Overview
Growing up on the grounds of one of Germany's largest psychiatric hospitals is somehow - different. For Joachim, the director's youngest son, the patients are like family. They are also much nicer to him than his two older brothers, who drive him into fits of rage. His mother, painting watercolors, longs for Italian summer nights instead of constant German rain, while his father secretly, but not discreetly enough, goes his own way. But while Joachim slowly grows up, his world, not only through the loss of his first love, gets more and more cracks...

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Directed by
Sonja Heiss
Genres
Drama, Comedy
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • family
  • identity
  • grief
  • love
Places
  • hospital
  • countryside
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour6
Realism8
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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