ALLEGRO PASTELL

Germany 2026, Feature Film, 100 min, FSK 12

Director: Anna Roller · Original version with English subtitles

Starring: Sylvaine Faligant, Jannis Niewöhner, Vera Flück, Luna Wedler, Wolfram Koch

Summer in Berlin, 2018: Tanja and Jerome, a writer and a web designer in their early thirties, are in a seemingly perfect long-distance relationship. Between sleepless nights in the big city and a slower pace of life in the tranquil Main Valley, the two constantly navigate the balance between closeness and distance. On her 34th birthday, Tanja is overcome by a vision of their future together—one that seems orderly and reliable. But is that really what she’s looking for? Anna Roller’s film adaptation of Leif Randt’s hotly debated novel about millennials is sure to spark a discussion or two of its own. About life and how to live it, how one has lived it, or how one should (or shouldn’t) live it. And, of course, about relationships. “Allegro Pastell then becomes a tribute to all the lost relationships one has accumulated in life, to the bonds that meant something, even if there was never a real outcome at the end of the journey—which is both the beauty and the sadness of it all, the coming and going of love.” (kino-zeit)

Summer in Berlin, 2018: Tanja and Jerome, a writer and a web designer in their early thirties, are in what appears to be a perfect long-distance relationship. Between sleepless nights in the big city and a slower pace of life in the tranquil Main Valley, the two constantly balance closeness and distance. On her 34th birthday, Tanja is struck by a vision of their future together—one that seems orderly and reliable. But is that really what she’s looking for? The film adaptation of Leif Randt’s hotly debated novel about millennials is sure to spark some discussion. About life and how we live it, have lived it, or should (not) live it. And, of course, about relationships. (German with English subtitles)