Promising the Moon

Throughout her life Marga has shown little feeling for her daughter Sofia. But now she reveals fear, wounds and a deep longing for her long-deceased husband Juris. She becomes increasingly lost in her forgetfulness and suddenly demands, like a child, gentleness. It’s an uncomfortable situation for Sofia who must now take care of her mother. Sofia’s growing realization that Marga’s past also affects her own gives Sofia impetus to make a sudden journey with her mother to Riga. This is where Marga grew up and where she married Juris. But the more Sofia learns about her mothers, the less clear it becomes who she herself is.

Top-class cast in a German first-rate film, (...)
COSMOPOLITAN

Imposing melodramatic picture - beautiful to watch
DER SPIEGEL

Great acting cinema... What remains in your mind are the exquisitely composed images...
TZ MÜNCHEN

The film has turned into a masterpiece about lies, guilt and forgiveness, without a single tone out of place, carried by the charismatic Hannelore Elsner. What a woman!
BRIGITTE

(...) emotional cinema from Hans Steinbichler (...) Karoline Herfurth steals the show as young Marga (...).
BILD AM SONNTAG

Theatrical release
2011/06/02
Runtime
99
Cast
Juliane Köhler, Hannelore Elsner, Karoline Herfurth, Niklas Kohrt, David Kross, Rüdiger Vogler, Matthias Brandt, Fritzi Haberlandt uvm.
Director
Hans Steinbichler
Writer
Josephin Thayenthal, Robert Thayenthal
Producers
Uli Aselmann
Casting
Nina Haun
Director of Photography
Bella Halben
Production Design
Evi Stiebler
Costume Design
Katharina Ost
Hair and Make-Up
Waldemar Pokromski, Anette Keiser
Funded by
DFFF, Filmstiftung NRW, FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, MBB, FFA, Wirtschaftliche Filmförderung Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, BKM
Co-production
Sam Film
Awards
BAVARIAN FILM PRIZE FOR PRODUCERS 2011; SUIZA-FOUNDATION FILM MUSIC PRIZE 2011 for Niki Reiser in Locarno