A made-for-misery drama from Germany.
It’s an unsentimental drama that relates to the daily heaviness of life for a dedicated care-giver nurse named Ivo (Minna Wundrich). She travels by car treating many terminally-ill patients in their homes across Germany, using the car to refresh herself between visits.
Ivo is a forty-something single mom of a teen-ager. She hides her emotions behind her professionalism, as she treats patients for their pain and consults with them and their families about their illness. But she’s a lonely person, emotionally overwhelmed by her thankless job, one that has taken a heavy toll on her.
One of her patients is her old friend Solveigh. She violates the nurse’s code of conduct by having an affair with Solveigh’s husband. Later she will assist Solveigh as she takes her life.
Although Minna Wündrich is in her early 40s, she has no significant IMDb credits until 2020. Prior to that she spent some 15+ years as a stage performer.
