Human histories and romantic tales are full of forbidden love stories, an intense desire for a partner against the wishes of extremely strong forces and circumstances. Based onDaniela Krien’s novel, and set in the summer of 1990 in former East Germany,Someday We’ll Tell Each Other Everything,directed byEmily Atef,has debuted its trailer. The Match Factory and Pandora Film are telling a tale we all know, however, with an entirely different and gripping storyline.
The year is 1990 and the world is an entirely different place. The European nation of Germany is split into East and West Germany, with Maria living on the eastern side of the wall. A young girl of 19, she resides with her boyfriend Johannes on a farm owned by his parents. The trailer opens with a visibly uninterested Maria going through the motions a bit. With an occasional smile appearing, her only solace is found in words and books until she meets the farmer next door.
An unplanned meeting with Henner, a man twice her age, soon sparks an intense desire between the pair with little regard for what the consequences might be. Drawn ever closer by a shared love for books and words, the pair begin to nurture a secret passion that is blissful yet threatening. With a love that is forbidden, there arises as always those moments of doubt and reflection. For Maria, this moment comes when Johannes’ mother begins to bring her even closer and guilt of her secret actions begins to burn through to the surface. In an era of change, with the reunification of Germany close at hand, do the pair pursue this all-consuming desire or douse the flames into embers and watch them die out?
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Based on Krien’s novel first published in September 2011,Someday We’ll Tell Each Other Everythingis produced byKarsten Stöterfor Row Pictures. WithMarlene BurowandFelix Kramercast as Maria and Henner respectively, the rest of the cast includesCedric Eich, Victoria Mayer, Jördis Triebel, Silke Bodenbender, Florian Panzneramong others.Speaking on what attractedher to the story, Atef says, “What I found fascinating in Daniela Krien’s novel is her taboo-breaking portrayal of a young woman’s desire, of female desire, with all its facets, and the curiosity of the main character Maria to test her limits, to understand herself and life, without fear of transgressing moral or social boundaries. The fact that she is allowed to do this as a woman, especially as a young woman, is something I was very interested in bringing to the screen.”
Watch the trailer and read the synopsis below:
The summer of 1990 is hot in the countryside of Thuringia, in former East Germany. Maria is about to turn 19, lives with her boyfriend Johannes on his parents’ farm and would rather lose herself in books than focus on graduating. There is a sense of a new era dawning with the German reunification, when she bumps into Henner, the farmer next door. One touch is all it takes to ignite an all-consuming passion between Maria and the headstrong, charismatic man twice her age. In an atmosphere buzzing with possibilities, love is born: a secret passion full of longing and desire that devours everything in its path.
