Event

I Was at Home, But...

Wed Mar 11: 7.00pm
Thu Mar 12: 7.00pm
Sat Mar 14: 7.00pm
Sun Mar 15: 7.30pm

Angela Schanelec
Germany & Serbia
2019
1h 45m

About
I Was at Home, But tells the story of Astrid (Maren Eggert), a forty-something mother of two, struggling to regain her balance in the wake of her husbands death. Her adolescent son Phillip (Jakob Lassalle) disappeared for a week and now that he has returned, he faces disciplinary action at school and his toe requires amputation. As new questions confront Astrid from every angle, even simple activities like buying a bicycle or engaging with a work of art, are fraught with unexpected challenges.

In her signature elliptical style and with a gentle sense of humor, Schanelec weaves together these narrative strands and morea school production of Hamlet, a pair of teachers deciding whether to start a family, a donkey and a dog who share a hometo create an indelible picture of a small community grappling with fundamental questions of existence.