Für Immer / For Ever

When she is still young, Eva writes in her diary just before her wedding: “Today the unpleasant idea popped into my head that I might get tired of you, even just once.” Marriage, being together every day and every night will be a trial by fire for her and future husband Dieter. Since then, many decades have passed and “until death do us part” is coming to pass. It wasn’t always easy. Blows of fate, infidelities, and the tragic death of one of their children. She, a writer, and he, an architect, have managed to weather the storms together, but now it is time to say farewell because Eva’s strength is rapidly fading. The foreseeable finality of their time together is painful. Grimme Prize-winner Pia Lenz accompanies the couple in the last phase of their lives together. It’s glances and gestures, and subtly observed moments of togetherness that tell the story of their deep bond. Eva’s diary entries, read by Nina Hoss, give frank and unembellished insights into the past.