How to Be Normal and the Oddness of the Other World

How to Be Normal and the Oddness of the Other World

2025•1h 42m•4.3/10

DramaComedy

Ratings

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4.3/10(3)

Fresh out of a psychiatric hospital, Pia moves back in with her parents to get her life together. Torn between a new job, lovesickness, psychotropic drugs and social stigmatization, she emerges into a world where everything seems out of control.

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Production

Golden Girls Filmproduktion, Filmservices GmbH

Language

DE

Status

Released

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Cast

Luisa-Céline Gaffron

Luisa-Céline Gaffron

Pia

Elke Winkens

Elke Winkens

Elfie

Cornelius Obonya

Cornelius Obonya

Klaus

Felix Pöchhacker

Felix Pöchhacker

Joni

Oliver Rosskopf

Oliver Rosskopf

Paul

Lion Thomas Tatzber

Lenni

David Scheid

David Scheid

Till

Wesley Joseph Byrne

Ned

Martina Poel

Martina Poel

Lenni's Mother

Nancy Mensah-Offei

Nancy Mensah-Offei

Julia

Pia Zimmermann

Pia Zimmermann

Lea

Harald Krassnitzer

Harald Krassnitzer

Moritz Fuchs-Müller

Jutta Fastian

Jutta Fastian

Dana Schaller

Reinhold G. Moritz

Reinhold G. Moritz

Doctor

Fanny Altenburger

Fanny Altenburger

Patient

Dagmar Kutzenberger

Dagmar Kutzenberger

Frau Weixner

Christian Holzmann

Christian Holzmann

Policeman

Gregor Kohlhofer

Clerk

Tamara Semzov

Friend

Gordan Kukic

Gordan Kukic

Policeman

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