To experience snow and learn German, the young Vietnamese woman Trúc Lâm moves to a little town in the Erz Mountains. During a guided tour of a mine, she leaves her group and reaches the other side of the mountain through a secondary shaft. The world there is similar to the one she left – only all the people are different. She meets Duc, who is also from Vietnam and whose parents have an Asian snack bar. And she meets a mysterious spirit who offers to make a deal with her to enable her return to her old world.
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Claudia Tuyết Scheffel Director · Yunus Çağ Köylü Cinematographer Niklas Doka Editor
First release January 22, 2025 · Produced in Germany, Czechia · Languages German, Vietnamese
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Germany · Czechia
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Original title
Lonig & Havendel
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German · Vietnamese
Release dates
Germany · January 22, 2025
Premiere · 46. Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis
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Germany
September 27, 2025 · Premiere · Filmfest Hamburg
November 4, 2025 · Premiere · Cottbus Film Festival
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