If you loved Das asthenische Syndrom, try Der Lange Abschied
Eine Brücke zwischen einem Film, den du schon gesehen hast, und einem, den kaum jemand kennt. Das teilen sie, und was der zweite macht, was der erste nicht macht.
Was sie teilen
Both films are directed by Kira Muratova, and they both carry the slow burn mood tag, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Das asthenische Syndrom, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Der Lange Abschied is
A Soviet family unravels when a son returns from summer with his father speaking perfect English and wearing Western clothes. The mother grapples with his transformation while clinging to old routines. Muratova frames quiet domestic rifts with ironic precision, a 1980s snapshot where ideology leaks through everyday gestures.

