Can't see the forest for the trees

Wolf Cinema

© Komplizen Film – Lehrerin in blauem Hemd vor Tafel

Melanie Pröschle, a young teacher from Swabia, begins her first teaching position at a secondary school in Karlsruhe full of idealism. But she fails to find the connection she had hoped for, either among her colleagues or among the students.

Feeling increasingly lonely, Melanie seeks closeness with her neighbor Tina. The harder she tries to befriend her, the more she crosses boundaries and becomes entangled in lies, false hopes, and self-humiliation.

Even in her debut film, Maren Ade demonstrates that keen observation—somewhere between vicarious embarrassment and empathy—that would later also characterize *Everyone Else* and *Toni Erdmann*. Eva Löbau embodies the young teacher with painful realism.

Guest: Eva Löbau (actress)
Germany 2003, Director: Maren Ade, DCP, Original with English subtitles, 81 min



This event will not take place at the Deutsche Kinemathek.Translated with DeepL

Price: €12.65

Reduced price: €10.45

Next date:

• Date Sunday, 27/September/2026 16:30
• Venue Deutsche Kinemathek
• Address Mauerstraße 79, 10117 Berlin-Kreisfreie Stadt Berlin