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For richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health? A couple in their twilight years struggle with the question of how much freedom each can allow the other. Juditha (Dagmar Manzel) and Erik (Rolf Lassgård) have lived a fulfilled life – despite all the ups and downs and above all Juditha‘s early diagnosis of multiple-sclerosis. The university professor’s retirement was supposed to herald in the shared final years, but getting used to their new everyday life is hard: now of all times, Juditha’s illness progresses apace and Erik is worried about domestic constriction. It takes a long time for the couple to express their fears and wishes – until they recognize that they have to take some decisions in order to find their own personal freedom.

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WENDLA NÖLLE (*1979 in Hamburg) started out her professional life as a medical technology engineer, before studying visual communication at the Hamburg University of the Arts under Wim Wenders and Fatih Akin. After several documentaries, Ein großes Versprechen is her debut feature.

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