Someday We’ll Tell Each Other Everything movie storyline. It is the summer of 1990, the Berlin Wall has fallen and it is the last summer in the GDR before reunification. Maria, a delicate 19-year-old girl, lives with her boyfriend Johannes on his parents’ Dreiseithof farm, the Brendel Hof.
Right next to it is the Henner Hof, the largest farm in the area, where Henner, a 40 year old morose and taciturn man lives alone. His idiosyncratic demeanour and his reputation as a heartthrob amongst local women make socialisation between them difficult. Maria meets him by chance and a single touch is enough to start a tragic love in a changing country.
The film’s title refers to the phrase from The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky – translated from original Russian into German (spoken by Alexei Karamazov on the last page almost at the very end of the novel); the book is read by Maria throughout the film and the final scene ends with that quotation being read aloud just before the closing credits:
Someday We’ll Tell Each Other Everything (German: Irgendwann Werden wir uns Alles Erzählen) is a German drama film directed by Emily Atef, and starring Marlene Burow and Felix Kramer. The film is based on the 2011 novel of the same name by Daniela Krien [de], and its screenplay was written by Krien and Atef. Set in 1990 in former East Germany, the storyline follows a young woman who begins a relationship with a farmer twice her age.
Someday We’ll Tell Each Other Everything was selected to compete for the Golden Bear at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival, where it had its world premiere on February 17, 2023. The film’s script was nominated for the 2022 German Screenplay Award. It was released in cinemas on April 13, 2023. The film received mixed reviews from critics.
Someday We’ll Tell Each Other Everything (2024)
Irgendwann Werden wir uns Alles Erzählen
Directed by: Emily Atef
Starring: Marlene Burow, Felix Kramer, Cedric Eich, Silke Bodenbender, Christine Schorn, Peter Schneider, Victoria Mayer, Jördis Triebel, Tom Quaas, German von Beug, Petra Kalkutschke
Screenplay by: Emily Atef, Daniela Krien
Production Design by: Karsten Stöter
Cinematography by: Armin Dierolf
Film Editing by: Anne Fabini
Music by: Christoph M. Kaiser, Julian Maas
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Strand Releasing (Uhiker Bkakeb)
Release Date: February 17, 2023 (Berlinale), April 13, 2023 (Germany), June 7, 2024 (United States)
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