Risks + Side Effects
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A routine check-up reveals that the Pilates trainer Kathrin is suffering from kidney disease and needs a transplant. Her husband Arnold is a successful architect in the middle of a large project and is afraid of donating one of his kidneys. Götz, a friend of the couple's, would undergo the operation immediately if it means saving Kathrin's life - even though this causes problems with his partner Diana. Confronted by issues of life and death, the fragility of the relationships within and between the couples is laid bare. Eventually, the question can no longer be avoided: what is true love?
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Cast
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Samuel Finzi
Arnold
Known for
Generation War
Unfamiliar
Inka Friedrich
Kathrin
Known for
Summer in Berlin
Single By Contract
Thomas Mraz
Götz
Known for
The Day of the Jackal
The Little Drummer Girl
Pia Hierzegger
Diana
Known for
Family Dinner
Wild Mouse
Michaela Kis
Zorica
Known for
The Signal
Vienna Blood
Tijan Marei
Eva
Known for
The Privilege
Fall for Me
Thomas Schubert
Evas Friend
Known for
Afire
The Dark Valley
August Zirner
Arzt
Known for
Colonia
The Counterfeiters
Hary Prinz
Klaus
Known for
Antares
Life Eternal
Susanna Wiegand
Patientin
Also in
Plötzlich fett
Narcissus and Goldmund
Michael Kreihsl Director · Stefan Vögel Author Wolfgang Thaler Cinematographer
First release July 9, 2021 · Produced in Austria · Original title Risiken & Nebenwirkungen
Production
Epo-Film
Production
Austria
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Languages
Original title
Risiken & Nebenwirkungen
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Austria · July 9, 2021
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Australia
May 25, 2022 · Premiere · German Film Festival
Brazil
March 3, 2022 · Digital · Cinema Virtual
Germany
June 9, 2022 · Theatrical
Ukraine
May 25, 2023 · Theatrical
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