A circus wagon and a shipping container serve as stonemason Michael Spengler’s workshop. It is here that he receives people in mourning. Together they design headstones that tell of the deceased.
Mr. and Mrs. Neustadt have lost their two-year-old son. Through their dialogue with Michael they find the words to express their emotions, words that become form and substance—their child’s breath is to be represented in a fragile limestone. Hardburg Stolle is a woman of few words, through Michael’s guidance she dauntlessly swings the hammer that splits a boulder and feels a sense of strength that had been long buried. The Jacob family searches for the essence of their grandfather’s life: lover of nature, bon vivant, patriarch. What should an object that encapsulates him look like? Michael approaches the material and the people with great sensitivity and accompanies each family on a process that often takes months, one decision at a time.
The film tells the story of this difficult and intimate process and shows how working on the stone makes death concrete in the truest sense of the word. As the stone takes on its form, the families discover a new relationship with the deceased—and to life.
DOK Leipzig 2018, DE | Achtung Berlin Film Festival 2019, DE
ver.di Award (DOK Leipzig 2018, DE) | Honorable Mention Goethe-Institute (DOK Leipzig 2018, DE) | Ecumenical Award (Achtung Berlin Film Festival 2019, DE)
Im MAI 2025
ein Film von Kerstin Polte
D 2024, 95 Minuten, DF mit Karl Markovics
Ein tragikomischer Episodenfilm, der Geschichten von Resilienz und Verbundenheit in einer Stadt am Rande des Abgrunds verwebt. Spannend, menschlich und berührend erzählt.
Votiv Kino Wien Mo 19. Mai, 20.00 Uhr
KIZ Royalkino Graz Mi, 14. Mai 20.40 Uhr
Volkskino Klagenfurt Mi 14. Mai, 20:15 Uhr
Cinematograph Innsbruck Mo 26. Mai, 20:30 Uhr
SONDERVERANSTALTUNG in Anwesenheit der Regisseurin:
Samstag 17. Mai, 19.30 Lichtspiele Lenzing
Kommende Spieltermine:
Dienstag 13. Mai:
Cineplexx Millenium City 19.30 /Cineplexx Leoben 18.00 / Cineplexx Weiz, 17.00 / Cineplexx Westfield SCS 18.00 / Cineplexx Wr. Neustadt 17.45 / Dieselkino Bruck/Gl. 19.30 / Dieselkino Lieboch 18.30 / Kino Freistadt 18.30 / Kino Achtmilimeter Mank 19.30
Mitttwoch 14. Mai:
Cineplexx Millenium City 18.30 / Coneplexx Auhof 18.00 / Apollo Stockerau 20.15 / Cinema Paradiso Baden 18.45 /Cineplexx Amstetten 17.45 / Cinepl. Salzburg Airport 18.00 / Cineplexx Villach 17.45 / Dieselkino Braunau 19.30 /
Diesekino Fohnsdorf 19.30 / Dieselkino Kapfenberg 19.30 / Dieselkino Leibnitz 19.30 / Dieselkino Oberwart 19.30 /
Dieselkino St. Johann 19.30 / Grand Movie Neunkirchen 19.00 / Stadtkino Horn 19.30 / Starmovie Liezen 17.45 / Starmovie Ried
17.30 / Starmovie Steyr 17.30
Donnerstag 15. Mai:
Apollo Stockerau 19.30 / Leokino Innsbruck 16.15 / Stadtkino Horn 19.30 / Starmovie Tulln 17.30
Freitag 16. Mai:
Kesselhauskino Krems 20.00 / Stadtkino Horn 19.30
Samstag 17. Mai:
Lichtspiele Lenzing 19.30 / Seewalchen Miniplex 19.30
Sonntag 18. Mai:
Leokino Innsbruck 16.15 / Seewalchen Miniplexx 19.30
Montag 19. Mai:
Cinema P. Baden 18.00 / Seewalchen Miniplex 18.30 / Cineplexx Wr. Neustadt 18.00
Dienstag 20. Mai:
Cinema P. St. Pölten 18.30 / Stadtkino Hallein 18.30
Mittwoch 21. Mai:
Cinema P. St. Pölten 18.30 / Seewalchen Miniplex 19.30
Donnerstag 22. Mai:
Cinema Paradiso Baden 18.45
27. Mai: Stadtkino Hallein
30. Mai: Kino Mank
Erlebt echte Kinomomente bei euch im Ort!
Eine Vielzahl ausgewählter Filme findet Ihr auf
DREI Nominierungen für DEAR BEAUTIFUL BELOVED
- Bester Dokumentarfilm
- Beste Montage
-Beste Tongestaltung
Jasmila Zbanic is attending the screenings