Feature Narratives

Miroirs No. 3

Directed by Christian Petzold

Screening at DIFF 2026

Thu29 5:15 PM to 6:41 PMThursday 29 Oct · PictureTime 3

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Runtime: 86 min
Year: 2025
Country: Germany
Language: German
Subtitles: English

Synopsis

On a weekend trip to the countryside, Laura miraculously survives a car crash. Physically unhurt but deeply shaken, she is taken in by a local woman who witnessed the accident and now cares for Laura with motherly devotion. When her husband and adult son also give up their initial resistance to Laura’s presence, the four of them slowly build up some family-like routine. But soon they can no longer ignore their past…

Director

Christian PetzoldChristian Petzold is a German film director. After graduating from the German Film and Television Academy, he directed his graduation film Pilots (1994) and two crime thrillers Cuba Libre (1996) and The Sex Thief (1998). In 2000 he released his first feature film, The State I Am In, for which he also wrote the…

Cast and crew

Producer: Florian Koerner von Gustorf, Michael Weber, Anton Kaiser
Writer: Christian Petzold
Cinematographer: Hans Fromm
Editor: Bettina Böhler
Sound: Andreas Mücke-Niesytka, Dominik Schleier, Marek Forreiter, Bettina Böhler, Lars Ginzel
Music: Not provided
Cast: Paula Beer, Barbara Auer, Matthias Brandt, Enno Trebs, Philip Froissant