The Swimsuit

Lena takes off her swimsuit in the pool changing room, and this simple act triggers a cascade of memories. She is transported back to the summer of 1989, when her family vacationed on the Baltic Sea in the GDR. Through the prism of a child's perception, the story of her parents unfolds — a young couple whose dreams and disappointments mirror the final months of East Germany's existence. This 2025 drama explores the fragility of family bonds against the backdrop of historical change, turning personal memory into a collective portrait of an era. Director Alexandra Therese Keirion crafts a delicate tapestry where the political becomes deeply personal, and the past constantly intrudes on the present through the smell of the sea, the texture of sand, and the feeling of freedom that water provides.