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    MIROIRS NO. 3

    Directed by Christian Petzold
    Germany | 86 minutes | Country Focus

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    MIROIRS NO. 3

    Directed by Christian Petzold
    Germany | 86 minutes | Country Focus

Film Festival 2026

In this haunting Hitchcockian psychodrama from German auteur Christian Petzold, a young piano student survives a car crash and is drawn into the uneasy kindness of a woman who rescues her from the accident.

film synopsis

After a car crash kills her partner, Laura (Paula Beer), a young piano student, is drawn into the uneasy kindness of Betty (Barbara Auer), a woman living within earshot of the accident. As Laura settles into Betty’s household, a routine of care and intimacy forms—yet under the domestic calm, buried secrets and traces of a fractured family history begin to surface. The latest from German auteur Christian Petzold (Transit, PSIFF 2019) is a hauntingly delicate drama about grief, identity, and the strange comfort of becoming someone else’s refuge.

film details

Director: Christian Petzold
Producers: Florian Koerner von Gustorf, Michael Weber, Anton Kaiser
Screenwriter: Christian Petzold
Cinematographers: Hans Fromm
Cast: Paula Beer, Barbara Auer, Matthias Brandt, Enno Trebs
Country: Germany
Language: In German with English subtitles
Year: 2025
Running Time: 86 minutes
Director Filmography: Afire (2023), Phoenix (2014), Barbara (2012)
Primary Company: 1-2 Special

Film Festival 2026