A short film by Elena Papakonstantinou and Lara Pfeifer

Title: Wie wir nie sein wollten
Country of Production: Germany
Production year: 2020
Length: 17 minutes
Genre: Drama
Original Language: German

A ruthless lawyer’s world unravels when his father dies, exposing the unsettling truth that he’s become the very man he spent his life resisting.

René Schuster, a successful but morally detached attorney in his mid-thirties, is thrown off balance by the death of his estranged father. Still fueled by unresolved anger, he slowly realizes how closely he mirrors the man he vowed never to become. When his childhood friend Ben reenters his life, their renewed connection forces René to confront parts of himself he has long buried. But when René takes on a morally dubious case, Ben pushes him to choose: continue down the path shaped by his father’s legacy, or break from it and redefine who he wants to be.