思念 Sehnsucht (2006)

　　One of the standout features from the 2006 Berlin Film Festival competition, this deceptively modest thirtysomething love story is set within the everyday milieu of provincial German life. Markus is a welder and a volu...展开nteer fireman with an enviably happy marriage to Ella, his childhood sweetheart. One weekend, the firefighters go on a training session in a neighboring town, and after a drunken night Markus wakes up next to Rose, a waitress. He returns home to Ella, but it seems he is reluctantly and unexpectedly in love with both women. Informed by her own meticulous research and a background in documentary filmmaking, Valeska Grisebach’s approach is mirrored in the subtle performances of her largely nonprofessional cast. “Here a glance or a shift of the head can speak volumes, and the piercing melancholy of Markus’ drunken solo dance is easily on a par with Fassbinder or Denis” (Sandra Hebron, London Film Festival).