Wenn du Angst hast nimmst du dein Herz in den Mund und lächelst
Feature Film, AT 2025, Farbe, 87 min., Omd/eU (CC) + VI
Diagonale 2025

Director, Script: Marie Luise Lehner
Cast: Siena Popović, Mariya Menner, Jessica Paar
Camera: Simone Hart
Editor: Jana Libnik, Joana Scrinzi, Alexandra Schneider
Location Sound: Ines Vorreiter
Sounddesign: Lenja Gathmann
Production Design: Julia Libiseller, Gerald Freimuth
Costumes: Marlene Auer-Pleyl
Additional Credits: Regieassistenz: Marco Antoniazzi;
Casting: Martina Poel; Kindercoaching: Karin Eva Meisel;
Oberbeleuchter: Alex Sprenger;
Colour Grading: Manuel Portschy;
Produktionsleitung: Catrin Freundlinger, Veronika Hraby;
Herstellungsleitung: Katharina Posch
Producers: Katharina Posch, Michael Kitzberger, Wolfgang Widerhofer, Markus Glaser, Nikolaus Geyrhalter
Production: NGF – Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion
Twelve-year-old Anna transfers from secondary school to a posh, college-prep school in Vienna’s city center. While she previously enjoyed a carefree, albeit financially troubled existence with her deaf mother in Floridsdorf, she is now thrown into a life of prestige and status. Marie Luise Lehner not only paints a sensitive portrait of a young woman who must overcome shame about her origins but also traces the highs and lows of a mother-daughter relationship.