Storyline

In 1980s East Germany, Barbara is a Berlin doctor banished to a country medical clinic for applying for an exit visa. Deeply unhappy with her reassignment and fearful of her co-workers as possible Stasi informants, Barbara stays aloof, especially from the good natured clinic head, Andre. Instead, Barbara snatches moments with her lover as she secretly prepares to defect one day. Despite her plans, Barbara learns more about her life that puts her desires and the people around her in a new light. With her changing perspective, Barbara finds herself facing a painful moral dilemma that forces her to choose what she values.

Plot Keywords

reference to rembrandt, latex gloves, money, police harassment, surveillance, female doctor, year 1980, suicide attempt, doctor patient relationship, one word title, laboratory, self sacrifice, iron curtain, pregnant teenager, brain surgery, terminal cancer, escape from custody, piano playing, title spoken by character, f rated

Short Review

It persuades us early on that its aura of political tension and suspicion, its taciturnity, its very strictness of silent observation as it begins, are fostering an intelligent thriller.

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