MIROIRS NO. 3
In their fourth collaboration to date, filmmaker Christian Petzold and actress Paula Beer forge an enigmatic depiction of haunting loss and mysterious connection. After surviving a car crash that kills her boyfriend, Laura (Beer), a music student at university, is taken in by Betty (Barbara Auer), an older woman who witnessed the accident. Betty cares for the unharmed but shaken Laura with a motherly devotion, and soon Betty, her husband and their adult son are treating Laura like one of the family. Petzold imbues this close-quarters drama with atmospheric tension, agitating even the warmest domestic scenes with the disquiet of unspoken history. At its center, Beer beguiles with unnerving presence, condensing her performance into precise gestures and a steady gaze. The result is a crystalline cinematic object, both compact and faceted, refracting shades of grief, desire and trespass. (Note courtesy of AFI FEST.)
Official Selection, 2025 AFI FEST and Cannes film festivals. DIR/SCR Christian Petzold; PROD Anton Kaiser, Florian Koerner von Gustorf, Claudia Tronnier, Caroline von Senden, Michael Weber, Julius Windhorst. Germany, 2025, color, 86 min. In German with English subtitles. NOT RATED
Run Time: 86 Minutes
Opening Date: Thursday, December 04, 2025
Genre: Mystery drama
