The film is based on the eponymous 1960 novel by author Peter Weiss. In this autobiographical text, the author describes the years of his childhood and youth in Germany in the 20s and 30s as well as the flight of his half-Jewish family from persecution by the Nazis. This odyssey also portrays the young first-person narrator’s struggle for his artistic existence, as he was striving to establish himself as a painter and writer. In a free, sensual essay between fiction and document, realistic description and stylised invention, the film attempts to kindle today’s flame based on the past’s, and to create a new and vibrant third work from it.

一个男人和一个女人做着荒谬的疯狂的事情。尽管他们的行为是令人吃惊的，但是影片并没有停留在这些奇观上。当两人间沟通变得失效，一种微妙的悲伤油然而生。

A moving meditation on industrialization, focusing on the eerily desolate Owens Valley in California, made arid by the diversion of water from there to the city of Los Angeles.

A moving meditation on industrialization, focusing on the eerily desolate Owens Valley in California, made arid by the diversion of water from there to the city of Los Angeles.

父亲教授中国传统的书画艺术，他希望这门艺术能在儿子这一辈得到传承，可儿子选择了化妆师职业，由于观念上的分歧，父子二人常年存在隔阂。退休后的父亲本想陪着老伴平静地度过晚年，但是老伴突发的疾病让老两口措手不及，老两口在是否让儿子放弃梦想回来照顾自己的问题上产生了分歧，病情的加重使老两口日渐艰难，经济上的拮据让他们雪上加霜、被逼入绝境。得知母亲重病，儿子回到家中照顾母亲。过程中父子二人关系稍有缓和，但由于家里负担不起救治费用，加上病情太重，母亲还是离开了。母亲去世后，父亲终于理解了儿子，儿子也明白了珍惜眼前的亲情。但最终，儿子却在一场车祸中丧生。

父亲教授中国传统的书画艺术，他希望这门艺术能在儿子这一辈得到传承，可儿子选择了化妆师职业，由于观念上的分歧，父子二人常年存在隔阂。退休后的父亲本想陪着老伴平静地度过晚年，但是老伴突发的疾病让老两口措手不及，老两口在是否让儿子放弃梦想回来照顾自己的问题上产生了分歧，病情的加重使老两口日渐艰难，经济上的拮据让他们雪上加霜、被逼入绝境。得知母亲重病，儿子回到家中照顾母亲。过程中父子二人关系稍有缓和，但由于家里负担不起救治费用，加上病情太重，母亲还是离开了。母亲去世后，父亲终于理解了儿子，儿子也明白了珍惜眼前的亲情。但最终，儿子却在一场车祸中丧生。

The dentist Oscar has been married for five years and lives with his wife and adopted children. On the surface everything seems to be fine but Oscar is not a happy man. His wants a baby of his own flesh and blood but it's not working out. When he finds out that his wife has been deceiving him all these years he decides it's time for a change. Einar is a stockbroker who is very successful at work but not in his personal life. For the last couple of months Einar has been living at a hotel waiting for his wife to realize the terrible mistake she made by throwing him out. Katrin Rose returns from Sweden where she has lived for eight years. In Iceland Katrin has an eleven-year-old son, brought up by his grandmother and now Katrin wants him back. Katrin gets a job as a dentist's assistant intending to make a fresh start but her troubled past catches up with her. PARENTS is the independent second part of twin features by Ragnar Bragason and Vesturport exploring the roles of children and parents. The first part, CHILDREN was released in 2006. Written by Icelandic Film Centre

The dentist Oscar has been married for five years and lives with his wife and adopted children. On the surface everything seems to be fine but Oscar is not a happy man. His wants a baby of his own flesh and blood but it's not working out. When he finds out that his wife has been deceiving him all these years he decides it's time for a change. Einar is a stockbroker who is very successful at work but not in his personal life. For the last couple of months Einar has been living at a hotel waiting for his wife to realize the terrible mistake she made by throwing him out. Katrin Rose returns from Sweden where she has lived for eight years. In Iceland Katrin has an eleven-year-old son, brought up by his grandmother and now Katrin wants him back. Katrin gets a job as a dentist's assistant intending to make a fresh start but her troubled past catches up with her. PARENTS is the independent second part of twin features by Ragnar Bragason and Vesturport exploring the roles of children and parents. The first part, CHILDREN was released in 2006. Written by Icelandic Film Centre

A child throws stones at the moon. They say the sun has gone and will only return when anxiety has disappeared. Until then, the stars are there to offer comfort. So the child counts the stars in the night’s endless expanse on the slopes of the Algerian Atlas mountains. Aness, the child, is the companion of Lamine, a young man on the run. Both are being pursued by nameless people carrying arms. Who are these criminals? Why must the two of them hide and sleep at night with weapons in their hands? Is the child merely a figment of Lamine’s imagination? A desire made flesh? Narrated elliptically and associatively, La nuit et l’enfant tells of omnipresent danger and constant threats. The film moves between realism and dream: Almost documentary-like shots alternate with powerful, poetic imagery. In the 90s, the Djelfa region was a terrorist stronghold. Lamine says that life was different before the terrorists came. Without dogma and with plenty of room for interpretation, this film is the account of a young generation’s will to live, a generation which must set boundaries even as it suffers. David Yon has created a dark, atmospheric fable reminiscent of the story of another little prince. berlinale 2015