The Forest for the Trees

IMDb link: 0386862
IMDb rating: 7.2 (2,044 votes)
Genres: Drama
Director: Maren Ade
Cast: Eva Lobau, Daniela Holtz, Jan Neumann, Ilona Christina Schulz and others

Release date: 27 Jan 2005
Release year: 2003
Runtime: 81 minutes
Country: Germany
Keywords: teacher, loneliness, passiveness, emotional breakdown, loner, rejection, voyeur, obsession, isolation, false friend

Plot:

A young German school teacher begins a new job, a fresh start to hopeful future. She has a vision of her life as a trusted teacher and beloved member of her new neighborhood. Things begin to slip, plans don't quite match her expectations and she falls behind in her life. She is unable to manage the casual cruelty of every day life and it becomes a burden of loneliness and source of chaos she can't escape.

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