Cuckoo (2024)
Director: Tilman Singer Run Time: 102 min. Release Year: 2024
Starring: Dan Stevens, Hunter Schafer, Jessica Henwick, Marton Csokas, Mila Lieu
Country: United States
Language: English
About the film:
World Premiere, 2024 Berlin International Film Festival
Reluctantly, 17-year-old Gretchen (Hunter Schafer) leaves her American home to live with her father, who has just moved into a resort in the German Alps with his new family.
“It’s incredibly strange and deviously fun.”
-Siddhant Adlakha, Mashable
Arriving at their future residence, they are greeted by Mr. König, her father’s boss, who takes an inexplicable interest in Gretchen’s mute half-sister Alma. Something doesn’t seem right in this tranquil vacation paradise. Gretchen is plagued by strange noises and bloody visions until she discovers a shocking secret that also concerns her own family.
About the filmmaker:
Tilman Singer is a writer and director from Leipzig, Germany. He studied at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne. His debut feature film, Luz (2018), premiered in the Perspektive Deutsches Kino section at the 2018 Berlin International Film Festival. His 2024 feature film Cuckoo had its World Premiere at the 2024 Berlin International Film Festival. Singer currently lives and works in Berlin.
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