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Original Film Title: The Answering Machine
Director’s Name: Jose Cortes
Writer’s Name: Jose Cortes, Steffen Kuester, Juliane Gabriel
Producer: Ulfa von den Steinen, Alexej Mend
Country of Origin: Germany
Country of Filming : Germany
Language: German
Runtime: 1 hour 37 minutes
Film Description:
The Answering Machine follows a young opera singer from Berlin as she struggles beneath the weight of her family’s expectations, the unforgiving demands of the opera world, and the darkness festering within her own psyche. What begins as a pursuit of perfection becomes a harrowing descent into fear, self-doubt, and fractured identity. As her sense of reality unravels, music — once her refuge — morphs into both her torment and salvation. In this psychological drama, sound and silence intertwine to chart the excruciating journey toward self-awareness, where every note carries the echo of pain… and the possibility of truth.