“Is a reality full of care and tenderness possible?” asks the director, as she films the stories of four people performing invisible work for a better world. Their moving testimonies form a narrative of the “tenderness revolution,” evoked by Olga Tokarczuk in her Nobel lecture.
“Since the death of my friend, one question has never left me: could there be a world in which she would have wanted to live? A world where no one is left alone with their problems, where we have the time and space to truly care for the needs of others? A world full of care?”
The director tells the stories of four people who put care and compassion at the center of their lives. Arnold from Hamburg looks after his disabled son Nico 24 hours a day, yet still finds the strength to fight tirelessly for the rights of family caregivers.
Bożena, a Polish live-in carer whose life changed dramatically after working in Germany, now supports other carers and encourages them to stand up for their rights. Amanda, an activist from Peru, can no longer watch as the climate crisis destroys her family’s environment. She knows that human health and the health of the planet are one and the same. And Samuel, a wheelchair user who loves spending nights in the sauna with friends, is building an inclusive home.
They all want to make the world a place of tenderness and care. But they know painfully well how difficult this is: while sustaining life every day, they themselves often live on the edge of exhaustion. Society rarely notices, and even more rarely values, their work — there is never enough time or money to care for oneself and others in a dignified and sufficient way.
They want to change everything. But how?
After the screening there will be a meeting with actress Bożena Domańska.
Annelie Boros
Born 1991 in Munich, studied documentary film and television journalism at the HFF Munich. Her films Mars Closer and Fuck White Tears were screened at international festivals (e.g. Visions du Réel, DOK Leipzig) and awarded with numerous prizes (e.g. Starter Filmpreis, FFF-Förderpreis). Her film F32.2 was nominated for the Student Academy Award® in 2018 and won the Young Eyes Film Award at DOK Leipzig. In 2020 her fictional graduation film Kräfte premiered at the Nordische Filmtage and won the audience award at Sehsüchte Potsdam in 2021. Her documentary Die Gewichtheberin screened at the Hofer Filmtage and was broadcast on 3Sat in the “Ab 18!” program.
Director: Annelie Boros
Producer(s): Matthias Greving
Production: Kinescope Film GmbH
Language: German, Polish, Spanish
Subtitles: Polish, English
