Nele Winkler

Cuando su madre decide dejar de medicar a su hija con discapacidad psíquica, Dora, de 18 años de edad, se despierta como de un profundo sueño. Dora descubre su cuerpo, su sensualidad y finalmente, también el sexo. A sus padres les asombra las repentinas ganas de vivir de Dora, y cuando empieza a quedar con un hombre que conoce en su trabajo de vendedora en el mercado, se enfurecen. Pero sus esfuerzos no dan resultado, y cuando la aventura de Dora lleva a una situación más seria, todo el mundo debe repensar los límites de sus relaciones con los demás, y reconsiderar temas tales como la autodeterminación, la confianza y la envidia.

Be My Baby "tells the story of Nicole, a confident young woman with Down syndrome who wants to have a boyfriend, get married, have a baby, and just be normal, grew up with neighborhood boy Nick, and as children, they've planned Nick is 15 and wants to be cool, but he is an outsider and constantly under pressure to satisfy everyone, Nicole si of all people, makes him special and gives him what he secretly desires : unconditional love and affection Nicole 's direct and honest nature contrasts with her environment in which all deny their true feelings and become entangled in their "quite normal" abysses.When Nicole expects Nick to have a baby, the openness and tolerance of Families put to the test - a race against sterilization, abortion and deadlocked views and the right to self-determination - a young woman with Down-Sy ndrom.

The film is set in a modern day 'Berlin Republic' liberated from all irrelevancies. It's about artistic production, the creative industries and above all film and cinema - a political manifesto in feature film format. It centres on Asta, tough, hardened by theory and immaculately styled right down to the emblems on her leather jacket, with current art scene jargon flowing elegantly from her lips.

The two friends Nora and Isabel, both disabled, try to lead normal lives. Strangely enough, it is their family, well-meaning friends and care workers who appear not to want normality at all. When Nora decides to marry her immigrant lover Amadou, her family does everything in its power to stop her.

En Josephine, una tímida estudiante de Arte Dramático, no repara nadie excepto su madre y su hermana minusválida, que viven con ella. Su vida da un giro inesperado cuando un famoso director de teatro la elige para ser la protagonista de un arriesgado y ambicioso montaje, “Camille”, en el que sólo participarán estudiantes. A partir de ese momento, Josephine se enfrenta a un proceso de transformación: por un lado, intenta dejar de lado sus traumas y frustraciones para adaptarse a lo que le pide el exigente director, que, además la manipula sin compasión. Por otro, empieza a interiorizar el personaje de Camille, dando así rienda suelta a la sensualidad y feminidad que siempre ha escondido dentro de una concha protectora.

"Are you crazy?" "Nope, Down syndrome." Jakob knows his problem and can live well with it. His older brother Julian, however, he does not care about the Mongo. Even after the death of her mother Anna, does not think Julian cares about his younger brother. It's the other way around: Jacob helps him overcome the grief over Anna's death.