Ich verstehe Ihren Unmut

I Understand Your Displeasure

Heike (59) works as a customer service manager at a cleaning company, mediating daily between clients, company management and cleaning staff. Her firm is having problems with an important subcontractor because Heike tried to poach one of his unofficial workers, contrary to regulations. The subcontractor is now threatening to stop his support unless Heike secures more hours and revenue for him. To meet his demands, she must dismiss one of her own employees – a colleague who is highly valued by her friend, Taja. Heike finds herself increasingly caught between her responsibility for her own employees and the conditions of the low-wage sector. (Berlinale)

Director's Filmography (Selection)
Ich verstehe Ihren Unmut (I Understand Your Displeasure, 2026) - Voy (2024, doc short) - Nomades du nucléaire (Nuclear Nomads, 2023, doc, co-directed with Tizian Stromp Zargari; CE23) - Mis niños de madera (My wooden children, 2023, doc short) - Überleben (Survive, 2020, doc short, co-directed with Lara Milena Brose) - Ich will ins Paradies (2019, doc short)
Arbeitswelten | Working Worlds 2026
Director Kilian Armando Friedrich
Germany 2026
color
93 minutes
German / Croatian / Bosnian / Turkish
OV with English subtitles
Screenplay Kilian Armando Friedrich, Tünde Sautier, Daniel Kunz
Cinematography Louis Dickhaut, Frederik Seeberger
Editing Leila Fatima Keita, Kilian Armando Friedrich
Sound/Sounddesign Andrew Mottl
With Sabine Thalau, Nada Kosturin, Werner Posselt, Sadibou Diabang, Nigyar Velagic
Producer(s) Ben Ulrich, Simon Bogocz, Felix Mann
Production
WennDann Film
World Sales
Films Boutique
Website
Austrian Premiere
Austrian Rights
Stadtkino Filmverleih
World Premiere
Berlinale 2026