The Longing (2002)
1h 34m
Running Time
August 8, 2002Release Date
Plot.
It is set in a dreary village in the Schwabian-Frankish Forest where the seemingly reserved Lena lives with her tyrant of a husband, Johannes, in a loveless marriage. Johannes is the village's spiritual leader and Lena is his faithful, ever-ready-to-serve wife. Lena's daily life is characterized by grinding monotony, a life narrowly circumscribed by nursing, organ playing and the duties of the marriage bed. The mysterious murder of a village girl suddenly knocks this humdrum existence off its tracks. In the wake of these events Lena discovers the affection and tenderness for which she has always longed in Paul, the village mechanic. This encounter is the start of an emancipation that leads her not to reveal Paul's secret regarding the girl's murder, for fear of losing her newly won piece of happiness. In turn it means she has to remain silent, as she has always done in her many years of marriage. So it is that this love ultimately turns Lena herself into a fallen angel.
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Cast & Crew.
Susanne-Marie Wrage
Lena
Klaus Grünberg
Johannes
Robert Lohr
Paul
Manfred Kranich
Griesbacher
Heidemarie Rohweder
Martha
Iain Dilthey
Director
Peter Lerchbaumer
Huber
Silke Parzich
Writer
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Wiki.
The Longing (German: Das Verlangen) is a 2002 German film directed by Iain Dilthey. It won the Golden Leopard at the 2002 Locarno International Film Festival.