24 WEEKS
synopsis
Berrached’s new film centers on the dilemma faced by a woman who is already six months pregnant when she learns that her unborn child will have Down‘s syndrome as well as a serious heart defect. Should she be able to choose the option of a late-term abortion? How can she and her husband know whether the unborn child could have a life worth living or would only suffer? In the end, the expectant mother realizes that only she can make this decision.
| international title: | 24 Weeks | 
| original title: | 24 Wochen | 
| country: | Germany | 
| sales agent: | Beta Cinema | 
| year: | 2016 | 
| genre: | fiction | 
| directed by: | Anne Zohra Berrached | 
| film run: | 102' | 
| screenplay: | Anne Zohra Berrached, Carl Gerber | 
| cast: | Julia Jentsch, Bjarne Mädel, Emilia Pieske, Johanna Gastdorf, Maria-Victoria Dragus, Karina Plachetka | 
| film editing: | Denys Darahan | 
| art director: | Janina Schimmelbauer, Fabian Reber | 
| costumes designer: | Bettina Werner, Melina Scappatura | 
| music: | Jasmin Reuter | 
| producer: | Melanie Berke, Tobias Büchner, Tobias Ebner, Johannes Jancke | 
| production: | Zero One Film, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg | 



























