117 mins/1997

 
Simon Granderath has been found dead in his apartment. His only daughter, Monika Besse, who lives in Luxembourg, arrives to arrange the funeral and settle his estate.

She wishes to go back home to a nor mal life as quickly as possible. She soon realises, however, that she hardly know her father and tries to find out about him and his life.

The search for the identity of her father ends up by becoming a search for her own identity.

Credits:-

Directed by Andreas Gruber

Cast:
Sandrine Bonnaire (Monika Besse), Rudiger Vogler (Schweiger), Hans Zischler (Wilem Besse), Gertrud Jesserer (Josefine Giese)

Andreas Gruber studied film at the Academy of Music and Art in Vienna and since 1980 has made more than 40 documentaries for the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation. His recent films include award winning works like Shalom General (1989), Erste Wahrnehmung (1991), Hasenjagd – Vor Lauter Feigheit gibt es kein Erbarmen (1994) and Das verletzte Laecheln (1995).