Viennese writer-director Barbara Albert's portrait of five former school friends who reunite for the funeral of a beloved teacher treads much the same ground as THE RETURN OF THE SECAUCUS SEVEN (1980) and THE BIG CHILL (1983), unfolding at the point where youthful ambitions and ideals meet the reef of adult life's compromises, enervating detours and quotidian disappointments.
Thirteen years after they graduated high school, former best friends Alex (Ursula Strauss), Nina (Nina Proll), Carmen (Kathrin Resetarits), Nicole (Gabriela Hegedus) — who's accompanied by her adolescent daughter, Daphne (Ina Strnad) — and Brigitte (Birgit Minichmayr) gather in a small ...
Released:
2006
Rated:
NR
Length:
88 mins