Films by Carolin Genreith

Germany 2012, 74 min
by Carolin Genreith

Getting old is nasty. Getting old makes you hot and cold. Getting old gives you wrinkles and sagging breasts. When a woman’s menopause begins, she stops looking in the mirror; libido and beauty will soon become things of the past. All you can do is accept the course of time, hide your extra padding under a big sweater and prepare for your new role as a grannyto-be. At least that’s what 28-year-old director Carolin Genreith is absolutely convinced of. She is all the more shocked when, in the mid