The Heart Is a Dark Forest (2007)
A woman's life is destroyed when she discovers that her husband has another family.
Top billed cast
Nina HossMarie
Devid StriesowThomas
Franziska PetriAnna
Marc HosemannJonathan
Monica BleibtreuMietzi
Otto SanderHelmut
Günther Maria HalmerMaries Vater
Simon SchwarzHans
Max HerbrechterPsychologe
Jasper VogtTaxifahrer
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