Movies by Matthias Lier
Part of Us
From her childhood, Nadia felt responsible for her mentally disturbed and recently homeless mother, Irene. For a while Nadia had cut off all contact with Irene and tried to live her life, until Irene suddenly appears drunk at the wedding of her son, Mickey. Nadia sinks back into this quagmire of love and hate, responsibility, guilt and shame. She gathers her strength to find a home for her mother while at the same time she hides from her partner, Ian, the fact that the drunk woman at her brother's wedding was her mother. But no one can oppre...
Assandira
Soaked to the skin, Costantino sinks into the haystack like old timber left on the shore by a stormy sea. Torrential rain has just put out the fire that in a single night ravaged Assandira, a farmstay deep in the woods of Sardinia. But the rain hasn't quenched the pain, the endless remorse for the son lost to the flames, the son he was unable to save. The first to arrive are the carabinieri and the young investigating magistrate: Costantino tries to tell them what happened the previous night, to explain how it all began.
Monster Tale
Eight-year-old Jonathan grows beyond himself on an excursion into a dark forest as he overcomes his fear of the dark and is forced to take away the fear of death from his father, who becomes seriously injured on the trip.
The Peculiar Abilities of Mr. Mahler
A missing person case involving a child in 1987 East Germany attracts the attention of an investigator rumored to possess supernatural powers.