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

Elfie

Elke Winkens

Klaus

Cornelius Obonya

Joni

Felix Pöchhacker

Paul

Oliver Rosskopf

Lenni

Lion Thomas Tatzber

Till

David Scheid

Ned

Wesley Joseph Byrne

Lenni's Mother

Martina Poel

Julia

Nancy Mensah-Offei

Lea

Pia Zimmermann

Moritz Fuchs-Müller

Harald Krassnitzer

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