Summer 1989, East Germany. Adam works as a tailor, Evelyn as a waitress. They are planning a vacation together when Evelyn finds out that Adam is cheating on her and decides to leave for the holiday on her own. She travels to Hungary, trailed by Adam. As the border with Austria falls, everything changes in Hungary. The frontiers are open, as the new possibilities for Adam and Evelyn to decide in which world – Eastern or Western – they want to build a happy life. The film is based on the novel “Adam und Evelyn” by Ingo Schulze which was translated into more than ten languages.

“Goldstein establishes a sense of gentle contemplation, within which the way life felt, looked, sounded and smelled during that particular August, in the last months of the Cold War, is as important as the developments in the plot.” (Cineuropa,Tina Poglajen)

Andreas Goldstein was born in East Berlin. After completing his A-levels and an apprenticeship as a typesetter, he studied cultural and theatre studies at the Humboldt University of Berlin until 1991 and then film directing at the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF in Potsdam. In 1999, he became a master student at the Academy of Arts in Berlin. After that, he worked as a director’s assistant and freelance producer for Next Film. In 2008, along with Susanne Binninger he co-founded Oktoberfilm GbR. Since then, he has been active as a producer and author, and as an occasional writer of theoretical and critical texts on film.

Filmography (selection): 1999 DIE ERKLÄRUNG DES ERSTEN KAPITEL LUCE, 2006 DETEKTIVE, 2016/2017 BILDER MEINES VATERS, 2018 ADAM UND EVELYN