WENN DU ANGST HAST, NIMMST DU DEIN HERZ IN DEN MUND UND LÄCHELST

Wenn du Angst hast nimmst du dein Herz in den Mund und lächelst Feature Film by Marie Luise Lehner, Austria 2025, German OV with EN subs, 87 min Cast: Siena Popović, Mariya Menner, Jessica Paar, Daniel Sea Marie Luise Lehner’s debut film, multiple award-winner at the Berlinale and the Diagonale, tells the story of Anna and her deaf mother Isolde, and explores what it means to transform shame about one’s background into pride — a tale of affection, care, and solidarity. Twelve-year-old Anna is moving from middle school to high school. Things are different here: the children at the new school come from a completely different social background. Anna starts to feel ashamed of her origins and of her deaf mother. During a school ski trip, Anna pretends to be sick — the money saved for the ski course has instead been spent on a sofa bed, which will give her mother the chance to pursue a romantic relationship, and provide Anna herself with a little more privacy. Mara, a classmate, soon becomes an ally when it turns out that she, too, is keeping a secret.