Henriette und Guido - Eine ungewöhnliche Liebesgeschichte

Henriette is considered to be a “system crasher”: Due to her special circumstances and her behaviour, she challenges the narrow categories of the social system. Multiple neurological diseases led to long hospital stays during her childhood – in complete isolation from her family. Shaped by these experiences, she has become a needy but also aggressive person. Guido is the first person to offer her safety – despite his own difficult family history. He stands by Henriette when she is thrown out of all institutions in her German hometown Osnabrück and clashes with society over and over again. Following in the footsteps of her artistic forebears, she starts exploring her identity. Through bodywork with dance educator Tamara McCall, Henriette dares to take the stage and express her feelings and experiences – desiring acceptance, but most of all respect.

Director Stella Tinbergen from Wiesbaden, Germany, tells an extraordinary story about inclusion, endurance, solidarity – and love. Moreover, Marina Baranova’s score underlines the emotional highs and lows of the story and thus intensifies the scenes further.

Source: 18. LICHTER Filmfest Frankfurt International