Days in Between

Colour, 35 mm
Germany, 2008, 104 min
Section: Another View

Synopsis

Agnes has a demanding job as a neurologist; her husband, an author of run-of-the-mill detective novels, takes care of the household and their 12-year-old daughter. Everything is going perfectly until Agnes starts making regular visits to an empty flat. As it happens, she is left with the task of tending to the plants in a household where the couple is assumedly away. The abandoned rooms become a new refuge for Agnes as she goes there more often and gradually loses her timidity – going through the cupboards, lying about in the bed, playing messages from the answering machine. She learns disturbing details about the couple who live in the flat. Agnes seems to be trying to step out of her identity, to start afresh and live a different life. But how long will her dreams and desires be able to resist the pressure of conscience? The director states herself that she is most interested in Agnes, in her world and the tremors within, which have shaken the most solid of foundations.

About the director

Lola Randl (b. 1980, Munich) studied at the Cologne Academy of Media Arts (2001-2006) and graduated from the Munich Screenwriting Workshop in 2007. During her studies she made six short documentaries and feature films and another two, Afternoon Program (Nachmittagsprogramm) in 2004 and Feel-Good Weekend (Wohlfühlwochenende) in 2006, after graduating. She worked on the films alternately as screenwriter, director, editor, producer and cameraman. Days in Between is her feature film debut and was screened at the Berlin IFF.