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A young woman called Fiona shows up in a city in the Ruhr area to work for the Bauer family as a housekeeper. Father, mother, daughter and son all live their own lives, co-existing without communicating. Nobody realizes that Fiona has made a decision.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

German

Runtime

86 mins

Rating

5.7/10

Release Date

17 January 2012

Country

Germany

Cast

Marina Frenk

Marina Frenk

Fiona Berlitz

Natja Brunckhorst

Natja Brunckhorst

Claudia Bauer

Benno Ifland

Benno Ifland

Wolfgang Bauer

Alissa Wilms

Alissa Wilms

Nicole

Cedric Koch

Cedric Koch

Jürgen

Fritz Fenne

Fritz Fenne

Ulli

Dominik Buch

Dominik Buch

Schwimmlehrer

Michael Siepmann

Michael Siepmann

Jonas Zolyniak

Jonas Zolyniak

Irmgard Pethke

Irmgard Pethke

Nachbarin

Tobias Jablotschkin

Tobias Jablotschkin

Marco Meyer

Marco Meyer

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