Edward Berger's All My Loving

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Germany
All My Loving (Ger)
Dir. Edward Berger
After directing high-end TV series such as Deutschland 83 and Patrick Melrose, Berger returns to the cinema for the first time since his award-winning second feature Jack with All My Loving (Geschwister). Lars Eidinger, Hans Löw and co-screenwriter Nele Mueller-Stöfen play three siblings who have reached a point in their lives where something has to change.
Contact: Beta Cinema

The movie, lensed by Jens Harant (also the DoP on Jack), is about three siblings who have all reached a point in their lives where they must change something as a matter of urgency. Stefan (Eidinger), a pilot and womaniser, receives both an unexpected visit from his daughter and a health scare. Julia (Mueller-Stöfen), lonely in the wake of a tragic accident, projects all her love onto a dog. As for Tobias (Löw), he is an overwhelmed father of three whom the others force to look after their parents, as they are about to divorce – but he would much rather resume his studies than have to cope with his children and his hysterical mother at the same time. Wallowing in chaos, mistakes and uncertainty, each of them is searching for a path that might also lead to their own personal happiness. Their story is presented as an ode to the modern family, with all the worry and the happiness that go with it.



The film was shot this summer over a five-week period, in Cologne, Hamburg and Turin. It is being produced by Jan Krüger, Jörg Trentmann and Raimond Goebel for Port-au-Prince Film & Kultur Produktion, in co-production with Pandora Filmproduktion and regional broadcaster WDR, with the support of the German Federal Film Board (FFA), the German Federal Film Fund (DFFF), the Ministry of Culture (BKM), and the Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein and NRW North Rhine-Westphalia regional funds.



Port-au-Prince will handle the national release of Siblings, at a date still to be determined – possibly dependent on a potential A-list festival invitation. Beta Cinema will take care of the film's international sales.

Beta Cinema’s Berlin slate will include writer-director Edward Berger’s (Patrick Melrose) German-language movie All My Loving, starring Lars Eidinger (Personal Shopper), Nele-Mueller Stöfen (Jack), and Hans Löw (Toni Erdmann). Beta has all international rights outside Germany and Austria. The drama, about three siblings who reach a point where they have to change something quickly before the second half of their lives begin, will play in Berlin’s Panorama section. Producers are Port au Prince Film and Kultur Produktion in co-production with Pandora Film and WDR.

 “We are thrilled to collaborate again with such a capable and compassionate filmmaker,” said Thorsten Ritter, EVP at Beta Cinema. “In ‘All My Loving’ he goes after the nuances, the personal and intimate moments, as he explores the universal themes of family and love.”



“Beta’s taste in cinema is unparalleled. I feel so honored to be part of their slate and am thrilled to be working with them once more,” added Berger, who recently directed Sky and Showtime’s Benedict Cumberbatch-starrer “Patrick Melrose.”

Munich, 29 January 2019. Beta Cinema is pleased to announce the continued collaboration with much sought-after director Edward Berger on his latest film, ALL MY LOVING, and has acquired all international rights outside Germany and Austria. The film will celebrate its World Premiere at the 69th Berlin International Film Festival, as the centrepiece of the Panorama Section.



Produced by Port au Prince Film & Kultur Produktion in co-production with Pandora Film Produktion and WDR, ALL MY LOVING marks the renewal of the partnership between Beta Cinema, Edward Berger and his producer Jan Krüger after critically acclaimed Jack, which played in the Berlinale Competition in 2014. Praised as a “powerfully unnerving and gently harrowing story” by Screen International’s Mark Adams, Jackserved as a springboard for Berger’s international career that led him to direct the series Patrick Melrose, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, and is soon to excel further with the upcoming feature film Rio, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, and again Benedict Cumberbatch.



ALL MY LOVING is a quiet and intimate snapshot into the lives of the siblings Stefan (41), Julia (44) and Tobias (34). At first the three seem to be doing fine – although Stefan hasn’t grown up much and is still taking advantage of his job as a pilot when chasing women, Julia is obsessing more over the well-being of a dog than that of her husband – until we understand why –, and Tobias will never complete his university degree, if he keeps putting the needs of others before his own. When the cracks in the surface become too big to ignore, they realize that they have reached a point where something has to change, before the rest of their lives can begin. Amidst chaos, mistakes and insecurities they are trying to find their own piece of happiness.

Ganz anders, aber nicht weniger intensiv, erzählt der Regisseur Edward Berger ("Jack", "Patrick Melrose") seine Familiengeschichte. "All My Loving" läuft in der Programmreihe Panorama und dreht sich um drei Geschwister: Pilot Stefan (Lars Eidinger) leidet an einem Tinitus und darf nicht mehr fliegen; Julia (Nele Mueller-Stöfen) hat einen Hundefimmel und bewegt sich in ihrer Beziehung mit Christian (Godehard Giese) auf dünnem Eis; und Tobias (Hans Löw) ist Vater dreier Kinder, Hausmann, und soll sich um die alternden Eltern kümmern.

Großartig seziert Berger diese drei Leben in einer Wohlstandsgesellschaft, in der es niemandem an Existenziellem fehlt und doch alle Mangel leiden. Bemerkenswert, wie hier gesprochen und doch nicht kommuniziert wird, wie jeder in seiner Echokammer feststeckt. Aber Berger belässt es nicht dabei.

Er schaut so lange und geduldig hin, bis sich etwas regt unter den Masken, bis der Schmerz sich Bahn bricht und Figuren mit einem Mal in einem ganz anderen Licht dastehen. Bergers Film lebt von naturalistischen Dialogen und Bildern, die soziale Milieus sehr genau einfangen. Fern der Verwahrlosung von Honkas Hamburg. Aber auch weit entfernt vom Glück.