Synopse
A powerful plea for female empowerment, based on the eponymous bestseller by Daniela Dröscher. Provincial West Germany in the 1980s. In the family of Cornelia (Rosalie Thomass) there’s only one topic of conversation: her weight. Should she slim down? Yes, says her husband Werner (Golo Euler), who is obsessed with the idea that his wife’s weight is responsible for all the failures in his life, like the lack of recognition and progress up the social ladder of the village. Cornelia has to listen to this every day, while her daughter Ela (Elise Lindner) is torn and falls increasingly under her father’s influence.
Regie
Aron Lehmann studied direction at the Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf. His first feature Kohlhaas or The proportionality of means (2012) won several awards. The Most Beautiful Girl in the World (2018) became a cult film and was nominated for three German film awards.
Akkreditiertenvorstellungen
25.09.2026 10:30 Uhr
CinemaxX Dammtor - Saal 3
Info
Original Title: Lügen über meine Mutter
International Title: Lies About My Mother
Category: Feature
Section: Große Freiheit
Version & Subtitles: German OV with English subtitles
Director: Aron Lehmann
Screenplay: Rosalie Thomass
Cast/Protagonists: Rosalie Thomass, Golo Euler, Elise Lindner, Johanna Gastdorf, Juliane Köhler, Anneke Kim Sarnau
Production country: Germany
Year of Production: 2025
Length: 102 min
Producer: Sebastian Zühr, Timm Oberwelland
Production company: Tobis Filmproduktion München GmbH
Cinematography: Cristian Pîrjol
Sound: Bastian Büßer
Editor: Ana de Mier y Ortuño
Music: Nicolas Sierig, Principess
Production Design: Angela Mersch
Costume Design: Nicole Pleuler
Casting: Daniela Tolkien, Franziska Schlattner
Commissioning Editor: Caroline von Senden / ZDF, Esther Hechenberger / ZDF
co-production company: ZDF
Distributor: TOBIS Film
Kontakt: Andy Großjohann / TOBIS
