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How to Be Normal and the Oddness of the Other World

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Fresh out of psychiatry, Pia moves back in with her parents to rebuild her life. Juggling jobs, heartbreak, meds, and stigma, she stumbles into a world spiraling out of control / that feels as unsteady as she does.

Critics Reviews

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Will Penn Film Ireland Magazine Nov 7
How To Be Normal never fully articulates what can only be felt or seen, respecting both its subject and its audience by communicating the visceral, but ultimately optimistic, experience of psychosis in a groundbreakingly entertaining way. Go to Full Review Guillem Martinez Oya Cinematismo Aug 11
4/5
How do we inhabit a strange world that by our own history condemns us? [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Cody Dericks Next Best Picture Mar 24
7/10
It’s a dizzying journey that’s an exciting showcase for its debut director. Go to Full Review Lee Marshall Screen International Mar 17
A kind of cinematic graphic novel that navigates a deft tonal journey through humour, melancholy, romance, edgy drama and some trippy visual montages. Go to Full Review Hayley Croke Loud and Clear Reviews Feb 26
3/5
There are glimpses of greatness within How to Be Normal and the Oddness of the Other World; however, the artistic vision of this film overwhelms its minuscule character and substance development. Go to Full Review Dustin Chang ScreenAnarchy Feb 24
How to be Normal asks big questions about what is perceived as normal when the world around us is insane. Pia, constantly under pressure to be normal, is trying to hold on to the idea of home and self-worth in the world constantly in turmoil. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Cast & Crew

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Florian Pochlatko

Director

Luisa-Céline Gaffron

Pia

Elke Winkens

Elfie

Cornelius Obonya

Klaus

David Scheid

Till

Oliver Rosskopf

Paul
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Movie Info

Synopsis Fresh out of psychiatry, Pia moves back in with her parents to rebuild her life. Juggling jobs, heartbreak, meds, and stigma, she stumbles into a world spiraling out of control / that feels as unsteady as she does.
Director
Florian Pochlatko
Producer
Sabine Gruber, Arash T. Riahi
Screenwriter
Florian Pochlatko, Florian Pochlatko
Production Co
Golden Girls Filmproduktion
Genre
Drama
Original Language
German
Runtime
1h 42m