They have a bright young daughter and are building a new house. Nina works as a doctor, her husband seems to have quit his job. That I am not alone in my perception of our present-day society, can be witnessed in numerous films by a new generation of German filmmakers whose films need to be seen. Something they probably haven't noticed for a long time. What is it here in Germany (and it's not only Germany) that gives you the impression that some of the people have become the living dead when you are walking through town? That if you'd try to talk to them they would probably keep on staring while realizing that they have lost the ability to speak. An innocent question, which is nevertheless emblematic for the whole movie. A hospital, patients resting in their beds, and the first line of dialogue spoken by young Charlotte. The first moments of "Windows on Monday" reveal to us the world through the eyes of a child. Sometimes the beginning of a film already sums up everything that is going to follow.
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