How to Be Normal and the Oddness of the Other World

Sep 11, 2025

1h 42m

★ 0.0

Overview

Fresh out of a psychiatric hospital, Pia moves back in with her parents to get her life together. Torn between a new job, lovesickness, psychotropic drugs and social stigmatization, she emerges into a world where everything seems out of control.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Golden Girls Filmproduktion

Filmserivices GmbH

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Cast

Pia

Luisa-Céline Gaffron

Paul

Oliver Rosskopf

Klaus

Cornelius Obonya

Elfie

Elke Winkens

Joni

Felix Pöchhacker

Moritz Fuchs-Müller

Harald Krassnitzer

Lenni

Lion Thomas Tatzber

Ned

Wesley Joseph Byrne

Till

David Scheid

Dana Schaller

Jutta Fastian

Frau Weixner

Dagmar Kutzenberger

Lennis Mother

Martina Poel

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