Narrowly escaping her volatile ex-husband, Yella flees her small hometown in former East Germany for a new life in the West. She finds a promising job with Philipp, a handsome business executive with whom an unlikely romance soon blossoms. But just as Yella seems poised to realize her dreams, she finds herself haunted by buried truths that threaten to destroy her newfound happiness.
Production Schramm Film Koerner & Weber [de]; Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) [de](co-production); ARTE [de](co-production); Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg [de](financial assistance);
Cast Names Nina Hoss; Devid Striesow; Hinnerk Schönemann; Burghart Klaußner; Barbara Auer; Christian Redl; Selin Bademsoy; Wanja Mues; Michael Wittenborn; Martin Brambach; Joachim Nimtz; Peter Benedict; Ian Norval; Peter Knaack; Thomas Giese;
Release Date 2007-10-01 * (Chicago International Film Festival) 2008-02-16 (Portland International Film Festival) 2008-03-04 (Wisconsin Film Festival) 2008-05-16 2009-03-24 (DVD premiere)