Die Mittagsfrau

Young Helene comes with her sister Martha to the exciting Berlin of the wild 20s. While Martha loses herself in a party and drug frenzy, Helene wants to study medicine and become a doctor. In Karl she finds the love of her life. The door to the world seems to be wide open for her. With Karl's untimely death and the social upheaval caused by the Nazis, she meets Wilhelm, who falls madly in love with her. But her vital energy and strong will do not mesh with Wilhelm's traditional role models and motherhood. Helene makes an outrageous decision.

With this film adaptation of Julia Franck's acclaimed world bestseller, Austrian filmmaker Barbara Albert presents a highly emotional film, a touching portrait of a young woman in 1920s and 1930s Germany who must wrestle with her identity and her role as a mother until she can make a decision to do so.

DIE MITTAGSFRAU is a stirring tribute to female physicality and self-empowerment.