
LUISA
Director: Julia Roesler
Feature film | Germany | 2025
94 min | Dolby 5.1
59th Hof International Film Festival
2025
Luisa lives in a residential group at a facility for people with disabilities on the outskirts of a small German town. It is unexpectedly discovered that she is pregnant. Everyone knows that her boyfriend Anton is infertile. The suspicion of sexual abuse is evident. Luisa decides to terminate the pregnancy. The police are called in to determine whether a crime has been committed. The investigation becomes a test of endurance for Luisa, her relationship with Anton and for the entire staff at the residential facility.
With Celina Scharff, Trixi Strobel, Dennis Seidel, Eva Löbau, Bernd Hölscher, Katharina Bromka, Hadi Khanjanpour, Martin Schnippa, Peter Lohmeyer, Michael Schuhmacher
Screenplay Julia Roesler, Silke Merzhäuser, Cinematography Frank Amann, Editing Anne Jünemann, Set design Thomas Rump, Costume design Anna-Leena Rieger, Sound design Ansgar Frerich, Sebastian Tesch, Music Insa Rudolph, Make-up Hanna Buss, Production Julia Roesler, Gunter Hanfgarn, Silke Merzhäuser, Andrea Ufer





