The mother of animation director Rebecca Blöcher didn’t want to live an ordinary life. She wanted “something more,” she explains in this stop-motion film. The people around her didn’t understand—in a letter written in 1968, a girlfriend criticizes her for going out on her own and making men jealous, while advising her to dress in a more “feminine” way and to join a cooking course. Blöcher’s mother brushed aside the advice. Years later still, she divorced her husband and stepped into the big wide world.
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Rebecca Blöcher Director · Frédéric Schuld Writer
First release November 15, 2024 · Produced in Germany
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Fabian&Fred
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Germany
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Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Netherlands · November 15, 2024
Premiere · IDFA
No release date listed for United States.
South Africa
June 7, 2026 · Premiere · Encounters International Documentary Festival
Taiwan
October 10, 2025 · Premiere · Kaohsiung Film Festival
October 27, 2026 · Premiere · Kuandu International Animation Festival
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