Promising the Moon

Throughout her life Marga has shown little feeling for her daughter Sofia. But now she reveals fear, wounds and a deep longing for her long-deceased husband Juris. She becomes increasingly lost in her forgetfulness and suddenly demands, like a child, gentleness. It’s an uncomfortable situation for Sofia who must now take care of her mother. Sofia’s growing realization that Marga’s past also affects her own gives Sofia impetus to make a sudden journey with her mother to Riga. This is where Marga grew up and where she married Juris. But the more Sofia learns about her mothers, the less clear it becomes who she herself is.

• Hans SteinbichlerDirector
• Josephin von ThayenthalWriter
• Robert ThayenthalWriter

• Hannelore ElsnerMarga Baumanis
• Juliane KöhlerSofia Schleier
• Karoline HerfurthYoung Marga Baumanis
• Niklas KohrtJuris Baumanis
• David KrossYoung Osvalds Kalnins
• Rüdiger VoglerOsvalds Kalnins
• Matthias BrandtLorenz Schleier
• Juta VanagaYoung Ieva Lepere
• Dace EversaIeva Lepere
• Victoria TrauttmansdorffDr. Brandt
• Maria PopistașuDace Kalnins
• Hans-Jochen WagnerTaxifahrer