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.
Acting
Gaffron's deadpan vulnerability holds every uncomfortable beat.
Direction
Pochlatko balances institutional absurdity with genuine tenderness.
Writing
Dialogue that actually sounds like humans failing at connection.
Director
Florian Pochlatko
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Austrian cinema's 2020s wave of mental health narratives—this sits between Seidl's cruelty and Haneke's precision, but with actual heart.
The title's ironic double meaning: Pia's quest for normalcy versus the film's suggestion that 'normal' itself might be the delusion.
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