Allegro Pastell

Allegro Pastell (2026)



8.0 2026 100 min Germany

Director: Anna Roller

Cast: Sylvaine Faligant, Jannis Niewöhner, Vera Flück, Luna Wedler, Wolfram Koch

Drama Romance
Summer 2018. Novelist Tanja Arnheim and web designer Jerome Daimler are navigating what looks like a perfect long-distance romance—split between Berlin’s sweltering streets, a serene inherited bungalow in the Hessian Main Valley, and countless train rides stitching the two worlds together. Yet the delicate dance of trust and distance these hyper-aware millennials have perfected begins to crack when Tanja, on the night she turns thirty, suddenly grasps that their connection might demand everything from her.

More About This Film

Allegro Pastell is a German drama about Tanja Arnheim, a novelist, and Jerome Daimler, a web designer, who appear to have found a comfortable rhythm in their long-distance relationship. Their carefully balanced arrangement begins to look less certain when Tanja starts imagining what a shared future might actually mean.

The film explores modern romance through distance, independence, career ambitions, and the difficulty of deciding whether an apparently successful relationship is truly satisfying. Its understated tone and contemporary setting make it a character-driven examination of intimacy rather than a conventional romantic comedy.

  • The film was directed by Anna Roller.
  • The screenplay was written by Leif Randt and is based on his 2020 novel.
  • Syl Faligant and Jannis Niewöhner play the central couple.
  • Luna Wedler is also part of the principal cast.
  • The film premiered in the Panorama section of the 76th Berlin International Film Festival.

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