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Year of Production 2025

If You Are Afraid You Put Your Heart Into Your Mouth And Smile

English title: If You Are Afraid You Put Your Heart Into Your Mouth And Smile
Original title: Wenn du Angst hast nimmst du dein Herz in den Mund und lächelst
German title: Wenn du Angst hast nimmst du dein Herz in den Mund und lächelst
Austria, 2025

Director: Lehner, Marie Luise
Production company: Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion
Age recommendation: 12 years and up
Film genre: Feature film

Synopsis:
Twelve-year-old Anna switches from middle school to high school. Things are quite different here: the children in the new school come from a completely other social class. Anna feels ashamed of her background and her deaf mother. During the ski week, Anna must pretend to be sick. The money set aside for the ski course is spent on buying a sofa bed, which should enable her mother to have a sexual relationship, but also provide the daughter with a bit more privacy. Mara, a friend in class, becomes an ally when it turns out that she also is hiding a secret.

Festivals:
Berlin IFF 2025 (awarded), Schwerin IFF 2025, New Horizons IFF Wroclaw 2025, La Rochelle IFF 2025, KIJUKO CFF Bremen 2025

World sales address/es:
Geyrhalter (AT)