Sad Jokes

Joseph and Sonya are connected by a close friendship and their young son Pino, whom they are raising together. While director Joseph is working through a new idea for a film and the breakup with his ex-boyfriend Marc, Sonya is suffering from a depression that increasingly tears her from her life. When she is placed in a clinic, Joseph not only has to juggle his everyday family life but also his artistic ambition.

In his second feature, writer and director Fabian Stumm (“Bones and Names”) mixes different emotional tonalities to a tragicomical reflection of reality. “Sad Jokes” is absurd, banal, hopeful and touching or – as in real life – all at once.