86 min | Drama
Urs is a single doctor who looks after his alcoholic brother Falk. Trying to prevent his daughter Jette from getting stuck in their little province, he persuades her to volunteer in South America.
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German, Spanish
14 February 2020 | MUBI The Home and the World: Köhler and Winckler’s "A Voluntary Year"
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