Hierankl (2003)

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Country: Germany
Genres: Crime, Drama, Romance
Release: 2003-11-06
Director: Hans Steinbichler
Writers: Hans Steinbichler
Language: German
Stars: Johanna Wokalek , Barbara Sukowa , Josef Bierbichler , Peter Simonischek , Frank Giering , Alexander Beyer , Ditte Schupp , Butz Ulrich Buse , Julia Gschnitzer , Vroni Bittenbinder
Runtime: 93 min
Awards: 5 wins & 7 nominations
AKA: Liaisons coupables (France, French Republic) , Suçlu İlişkiler (Turkey) , Hierankl (Germany) , Hierankl , Guilty Liaisons
Plot: Young student Lene is standing at the train station; she must decide whether to take the train back to Berlin where she lives or the one to the Bavarian countryside where her family resides--the place she left in anger many years ago. 'Hierankl' is the name of a Bavarian "Bergbauernhof", i.e., a solitary farm in the mountains with nothing else around but Alps, cows, and nature. Lene returns home to her beloved father Lukas, her rejecting mother Rosemarie, her brother Paul, and a dark, sinister farmhand. She walks through the places of her childhood and feels better. Things get better yet when Götz, a long-missed friend of her father's, arrives to celebrate Lukas' 60th birthday. Despite their significant age difference, Lene and Götz are attracted to each other, and they have a good time. But the day of celebration that should have been, turns into family day of reckoning, and more than one well-kept family secret is revealed.
IMDB:tt0371710