Lügen über meine Mutter

In the 1980s, the life of a family in a small village is determined by just one issue: the mother's body weight. Her husband Werner decides that she needs to lose weight, Cornelia suffers as a result and their daughter Ela is caught in the middle.

Cast

Rosalie Thomass

as Cornelia

Golo Euler

as Werner

Elise Lindner

as Ela

Rainer Laupichler

as Grandpa Adam

Anneke Kim Sarnau

as Aunt Lu

Juliane Köhler

as Martha Oma

Johanna Gastdorf

as Grandma Ella

Ulrich Brandhoff

as Erich Engel

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