We Used to Be Cool (2016)
Three couples in Vienna have children at around the same time. They're all in their mid-30s, successful, cool and live in a popular part of town. As idealistic as they are materialistic, they grow tomatoes on the balcony, drink locally roasted coffee and expensive cocktails and would never buy an electronic device sporting a half-eaten apple. And they're absolutely certain that you can have children without becoming bourgeois. But the reality tells a different story. Between career and kindergarten, Apple and alternative lifestyles, the satire plays cleverly with hipster clichés and mercilessly points up the gap between the old self-image and the new bourgeoisie.
Director: Marie Kreutzer
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Vicky Krieps as Stella |
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Pheline Roggan as Mignon |
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Andreas Kiendl as Luis |
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Pia Hierzegger as Ines |
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Marcel Mohab as Markus |
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Manuel Rubey as Chris |
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Livia Teppan as Lola |
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Michou Friesz as Stellas Nachbarin |
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Marie Strohmaier as Elvis |
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Miriam Hie as Leiterin Geburtsvorbereitung |
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Doris Schretzmayer as Kinderpsychologin |
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Barbara Grahsl as Weinende Mutter am Spielplatz |
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Gabriela Hegedüs as Ärztin |
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Veronika Glatzner as Hebamme bei Kreissaalführung |
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David Oberkogler as Kindergruppenleiter |
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Aaron Abdel-Salam as Kind mit Eltern am Ikea-Parkplatz |
| Directing | Marie Kreutzer | Director |
| Art | Martin Reiter | Production Design |
| Writing | Marie Kreutzer | Writer |
| Production | Alexander Glehr | Producer |
| Editing | Ulrike Kofler | Editor |
| Production | Franz Novotny | Producer |
| Camera | Leena Koppe | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Florian Blauensteiner | Original Music Composer |