Transatlantyk 2019
Lista filmów, które będą pokazane na festiwalu Transatlantyk 2019
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- DirectorRobin CampilloStarsNahuel Pérez BiscayartArnaud ValoisAdèle HaenelMembers of the advocacy group ACT UP Paris demand action by the government and pharmaceutical companies to combat the AIDS epidemic in the early 1990s.
- DirectorMarek KoterskiStarsMichal KoterskiMarcin DorocinskiKatarzyna FiguraFear, anger, sadness, joy, disgust, jealousy, shame. Adas Miauczynski returns to his childhood, when - like most of us - he had a big problem with naming the accompanying emotions. To improve the quality of his adult life, he decides to return to that not-as it turns out-carefree period to learn to experience the seven basic feelings. This extremely unpredictable journey to the past abounds in a series of hilarious, even comic situations, but it also carries the power of emotion and reflection.
- DirectorPhilippe BellaicheRachel Leah JonesStarsLea TsemelYasser JoubehSuheila DweikA look at the life and work of Jewish-Israeli lawyer Lea Tsemel who has represented political prisoners for nearly 50 years.
- DirectorRadu MunteanStarsAndra GutiMihaela SirbuCristine HambaseanuThe story of Alice T., who gets pregnant at only 16 years old, and the relationship with her adoptive mother.
- DirectorAsif KapadiaStarsAmy WinehouseMitch WinehouseMark RonsonArchival footage and personal testimonials present an intimate portrait of the life and career of British singer/songwriter Amy Winehouse.
- DirectorMarkus SchleinzerStarsMakita SambaAlba RohrwacherLarisa FaberIn early 18th century an African slave boy is chosen by a European Comtesse to be baptized and educated. Reaching adulthood, Angelo achieves prominence and becomes the Viennese court mascot until he decides to secretly marry a white woman.
- DirectorJoe PennaStarsMads MikkelsenMaria Thelma SmáradóttirTintrinai ThikhasukA man stranded in the Arctic after a plane crash must decide whether to remain in the relative safety of his makeshift camp or to embark on a deadly trek through the unknown.
- DirectorEdgar WrightStarsAnsel ElgortJon BernthalJon HammAfter being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.
- DirectorNora FingscheidtStarsHelena ZengelAlbrecht SchuchGabriela Maria Schmeide9-year-old Benni is a toss-up between institutions that cannot tackle her outbursts. She wants to move in with her mother, but she can not handle her wild daughter. After Micha is hired Benni slowly opens up and attaches herself to him.
- DirectorItay TalStarsNaama PreisAndy LeviZe'ev ShimshoniFor Anat, music is everything. Having never been able to reach her father's musical standards, she rests her hopes on the child she's about to have. When the baby is born deaf, Anat succumbs to extreme measures to keep the dream alive.
- DirectorTeona Strugar MitevskaStarsZorica NushevaLabina MitevskaStefan VujisicA Macedonian woman throws herself into a traditionally men-only ceremony, kicking up a ruckus and standing her ground.
- DirectorMiguel Ángel Jiménez
- DirectorJanus MetzStarsSverrir GudnasonShia LaBeoufStellan SkarsgårdThe story of the 1980 tennis rivalry between the placid Björn Borg and the volatile John McEnroe.
- DirectorLasse HallströmStarsJosh GadDennis QuaidPeggy LiptonA dog discovers the meaning of its own existence through the lives of the humans it teaches to laugh and love. Reincarnated as multiple canines over the course of five decades, the lovable pooch develops an unbreakable bond with Ethan.
- DirectorAleksey GermanStarsYuriy TsuriloNina RuslanovaJüri Järvet Jr.Late winter 1953. The lives of nearly half the planet are in Stalin's hands.
- DirectorKarol Starnawski'Three separate stories of people variously bruised and uprooted by Russia's never-ending war on small states that are unwilling to comply to its imperial politics, 'Shadows of Empire' is ultimately a story of hope in the face of cruelty of history.' - Michal Oleszczyk How to live in a shadow of an empire? How can you think about the future if all that you see through the window are barbed wires, armoured vehicles and tanks? Aleksey from Nagorno-Karabakh, Timur from Ukraine, and Alexander from Georgia are facing these questions every day. These three men differ in almost every aspect of their lives, but in fact, each of them experiences the same consequences for their very existence. Each one of them experiences war. We observe people involved in the already forgotten border conflicts, that happened after the USSR collapse, and are still alive due to the Russian imperial policy.
- DirectorLukasz GrzegorzekStarsJacek BraciakKarolina BruchnickaBartlomiej KowalskiAn ambitious tennis coach and his teenage daughter begin to drift apart when she wants to make her own way in the world.
- DirectorStephen ChboskyStarsJacob TremblayOwen WilsonIzabela VidovicBased on the New York Times bestseller, this movie tells the incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story of August Pullman, a boy with facial differences who enters the fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.
- DirectorDusan MakavejevStarsSusan AnspachErland JosephsonPer OscarssonA bored wealthy housewife on the verge of insanity cuts loose with some lively Yugoslavian immigrants who delight in their bohemian lifestyle.
- DirectorWojciech MarczewskiStarsJanusz GajosJerzy RadziwilowiczKrzysztof WakulinskiAn intimate spectacle taking place during Machiavelli's exile, waiting for an act of grace of the new ruler and the opportunity to return to the court.
- DirectorEwa PodgórskaThe inhabitants of this city undergo the sessions on the couch. Unlocked by formally trivial questions, they begin their journey into the depths of their own feelings and emotions towards the place where they live. The city itself becomes only a starting point. Over time, conversations get more intimate. The scenes from life, reminiscences and highly emotional moments interlace with the subjectively perceived shots of the city. They are blending together, complementing and interacting with each other. The fears of the film characters, their desires and unfinished affairs become the narrative axis of the film by constituting a common fate.
- DirectorAsif KapadiaStarsDiego MaradonaDalma MaradonaPeléConstructed from over 500 hours of never-before-seen footage, this documentary centers on the career of celebrated football player Diego Maradona, who played for S.S.C. Napoli in the 1980s.
- DirectorMatteo GarroneStarsMarcello FonteEdoardo PesceNunzia SchianoA timid dog groomer living in a poor suburb sells cocaine on the side and stays out of trouble, while trying to deal with his unstable, violent acquaintance who is a menace to the whole neighborhood.
- DirectorWojciech MarczewskiStarsTomasz HudziecTeresa MarczewskaMarek KondratA boy comes of age under an oppressive, cruel socialist government and watches as it slowly but surely distorts his family, his school and even his own thoughts.
- DirectorAleksey GermanStarsYuriy NikulinLyudmila GurchenkoAleksey PetrenkoDuring the 20-day leave, war correspondent Lopatin travels by train to the distant city of Tashkent. It's very far from the front but the war seems to be present in people's minds even there.
- DirectorMarcelo MartinessiStarsNorma CodasMargarita IrunAna BrunMarcelo Martinessi's stunning debut The Heiresses is an immersive and emotionally compelling look into the lives of the privileged, through the tribulations of a hesitant woman in quiet crisis.
- DirectorKrzysztof ZanussiStarsJacek PoniedzialekZsolt LászlóAndrzej Chyra"Ether" is a story of a military medical doctor experimenting with science at the beginning of the 20th century in order to get power over other people.
- DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsOlivia ColmanEmma StoneRachel WeiszIn early 18th-century England, the status quo at the court is upset when a new servant arrives and endears herself to a frail Queen Anne.
- DirectorAgnieszka SmoczynskaStarsGabriela MuskalaLukasz SimlatMalgorzata BuczkowskaAfter a two-year disappearance, free-spirited Alicja is reunited with her parents, husband and young son despite having no memory of them. A dizzying psychological puzzle. Mesmerizing from the jaw-dropping first frame to the last.
- DirectorLee Won-taeStarsMa Dong-seokJeon Bae-sooKim Mu-yeolA crime boss teams up with a cop to track down a serial killer.
- DirectorDavid LoweryStarsRobert RedfordCasey AffleckSissy SpacekBased on the true story of Forrest Tucker and his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public.
- DirectorSebastiano d'Ayala ValvaComposer Giacinto Scelsi believed his work came to him from the gods. Discover the mysterious beauty of his world and his music.
- DirectorGyörgy PálfiStarsKate VernonMarshall WilliamsJenna WarrenA young man searches for his father after he disappears while working on a highly classified project for the United States government that involves extraterrestrials.
- DirectorBora KimStarsPark Ji-huKim Sae-byeokJeong In-giSeoul 1994, in the year the Seongsu Bridge collapsed, 14-year-old Eunhee wanders the city searching for love.
- DirectorLinda HambäckStarsStellan SkarsgårdMelinda KinnamanFelix HerngrenA 2D animated film about a young mouse who becomes Police Superintendent, adapted from the book by Ulf Nilsson and Gitte Spee.
- DirectorPeter FarrellyStarsViggo MortensenMahershala AliLinda CardelliniA working-class Italian-American bouncer becomes the driver for an African-American classical pianist on a tour of venues through the 1960s American South.
- DirectorBas DevosStarsLubna AzabalHamza BelarbiAmine BenhilalThe portrait of a wounded city in enigmatic images: at its center stand Brussels and the haunting stories of the city's lost souls.
- DirectorClaire DenisStarsRobert PattinsonJuliette BinocheAndré 3000A father and his daughter struggle to survive in deep space where they live in isolation.
- DirectorAlain ResnaisStarsEmmanuelle RivaEiji OkadaStella DassasA French actress filming an anti-war film in Hiroshima has an affair with a married Japanese architect as they share their differing perspectives on war.
- DirectorEdward YangStarsNien-Jen WuElaine JinIssei OgataEach member of a middle-class Taipei family seeks to reconcile past and present relationships within their daily lives.
- DirectorNathalie BiancheriAleksandra JankowskaOn a journey throughout the United Kingdom locals from towns, villages and cities are invited to take part in a casting for a documentary character. They dig into their lives to evoke a moment or episode they believe is worthy of being immortalised on film, through interview and reenactment. As each individual exposes themselves, the audience questions our perception of an interesting life, the role of the media and our basic, human instinct to leave a trace of ourselves for the sake of posterity.
- DirectorPawel BorowskiStarsMaja OstaszewskaPaulina WalendziakRafal MackowiakMetaphysical thriller, which takes place in a retro-futuristic world. His characters get caught up in an intricate, dark intrigue in which nothing is as it seems, and a series of dramatic events leads to a completely surprising final.
- DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsPam GrierSamuel L. JacksonRobert ForsterA flight attendant with a criminal past gets nabbed by the ATF for smuggling. Under pressure to become an informant against the illegal arms dealer she works for, she must find a way to secure her future without getting killed.
- DirectorJanusz KondratiukStarsOlgierd LukaszewiczRobert WieckiewiczBozena StachuraEstranged brothers Andrzej and Janusz are both acclaimed film directors. When older Andrzej gets paralyzed after the stroke, Janusz and his wife decide to take care of him.
- DirectorZabou BreitmanEléa Gobbé-MévellecStarsSimon AbkarianHiam AbbassSwann ArlaudSummer 1998, Kabul in ruins is occupied by the Taliban. In love despite the daily violence and misery, Mohsen and Zunaira want to believe in the future. But a senseless act by Mohsen will upset their lives forever.
- DirectorEwa KochanskaStarsJulia PolniukMarina is determined that her daughter Julia is going to be a figure skater. Here in Poland, her family has opportunities that they simply didn't have in Ukraine.
- DirectorShin'ichirô UedaStarsTakayuki HamatsuYuzuki AkiyamaHarumi ShuhamaThings go badly for a hack director and film crew shooting a low budget zombie movie in an abandoned WWII Japanese facility, when they are attacked by real zombies.
- DirectorLindsay AndersonStarsMalcolm McDowellDavid WoodRichard WarwickIn this allegorical story, a revolution led by pupil Mick Travis takes place at an old established private school in England.
- DirectorBing LiuStarsKent AbernathyMengyue BolenNina BowgrenFilmmaker Bing Liu searches for correlations between his skateboarder friends' turbulent upbringings and the complexities of modern masculinity.
- DirectorAurora GosséArne Lindtner NæssStarsOliver DahlAlba Ørbech-NilssenJanne FormoeIt's summer and best friends Casper and Emma spend the holidays together in grandfather's beach house. The two go swimming, catch fish and build sand castles. What a pleasure. But then they find an old box on the beach with a mysterious rebus in it. The box appears to be from Emma's grandfather, who buried it a long time ago with his best friend Alfred. Grandpa has not spoken to Alfred for 65 years. Casper and Emma should not think about not seeing each other for so long. The discovery of the rebus is the start of a big treasure hunt, in which the friends scour the entire area for clues. And of course Mrs. Konijn and Welpje join us during the search. The treasure hunt ends with a big surprise and Casper and Emma learn something very important: friendship is the greatest treasure of all.
- DirectorNadine LabakiStarsZain Al RafeeaYordanos ShiferawBoluwatife Treasure BankoleWhile serving a five-year sentence for a violent crime, a 12-year-old boy sues his parents for neglect.
- DirectorArturo RipsteinStarsRegina OrozcoDaniel Giménez CachoSherlynThe life of a man who preys on unsuspecting women for a living is changed when he finds an accomplice in the woman who loves and controls him.
- DirectorNimrod EldarStarsMenashe NoyZohar MeidanAlon NeumanA middle aged single father copes with his teenage daughter's wish to end her life.
- DirectorWojciech MarczewskiStarsWirgiliusz GrynTadeusz LomnickiStanislawa CelinskaThe agricultural reform of 1945 made peasants landowners and took the land away from aristocracy. In the midst of these social changes, an old dying count listens to the lies of his servant that everything has stayed the same.
- DirectorClaire BurgerStarsBouli LannersJustine LacroixSarah HenochsbergForbach, Eastern France. Since his wife walked out to the family, Mario has raised their daughters on his own. Frida, 14, blames him for her mother leaving. Niki, 17, dreams of independence. Meanwhile Mario waits for his wife to come home.
- DirectorJakub RadejStarsStanislaw LinowskiZuzanna ZielinskaTomasz SchuchardtPoland, 1982, the politically heated days of communist martial law. Two coal miner brothers react differently to the oppressive police state. While Tadek prefers to retreat into neutrality, Janek chooses active engagement in the democratic underground. When Janek asks Tadek to store some anti-government leaflets on the second anniversary of Solidarity's 1980 strikes, he triggers a spiral of events that will have everyone's allegiances and characters severely tested.
- DirectorTomek PopakulStarsDaria Polasik-BulkaPiotr BulkaMaciej MiszczakAfter running away from her depressing village in eastern Europe, a teenage girl meets a new friend under a bridge.
- DirectorFilip DrzewieckiMedical students begin their rotations at a facility, quickly discovering the enormous responsibility they will bear as practicing physicians.
- DirectorZofia KowalewskaStarsEwa KaimMarianna KowalewskaJulita KozuszekOlga's teenage daughter suddenly goes to the hospital. The mother needs to face not only the child's disease, but also her ex-husband, whom she have not contacted for years.
- DirectorAgata TrzebuchowskaStarsAgnieszka PodsiadlikSzymon CzackiWeronika WachowskaAnna, an average resident of gated community, enters an abandoned house situated in front of her own and eventually finds herself unable to return. By observing her family, she not only discovers their secrets but also learns more about herself.
- DirectorTeresa CzepiecStarsStanislaw Radwan
- DirectorIwo KondeferStarsAnna MoskalJustyna JanowskaDariusz MajchrzakEwa, a middle-aged woman, invites teenage Nikola to celebrate her birthday. The meeting will be one of the most important tests in her life.
- DirectorJustyna MytnikStarsJoanna DrozdaMaciej MusialowskiSebastian LachFascinatrix is a musical about a bold woman driven by revenge, who cross-dresses as a witch hunter and enters the Inquisition's castle...
- DirectorKirill SerebrennikovStarsRoman BilykIrina StarshenbaumTeo YooA love triangle emerges around a rock and roll musician, his protege and his wife in 1980s Russia.
- DirectorCarla SimónStarsLaia ArtigasPaula RoblesBruna CusíAfter her mother's death, six-year-old Frida is sent to her uncle's family to live with them in the countryside. But Frida finds it hard to forget her mother and adapt to her new life.
- DirectorJean-Claude LauzonStarsMaxime CollinGinette RenoGilbert SicotteThe story of a young Canadian boy who tries to escape mentally from his disturbed family thanks to his fantasy and imagination.
- DirectorDaniel EspinosaStarsJake GyllenhaalRebecca FergusonRyan ReynoldsA team of scientists aboard the International Space Station discover a rapidly evolving life form that caused extinction on Mars and now threatens all life on Earth.
- DirectorGustavo PizziStarsKarine TelesOtávio MüllerAdriana EstevesIrene has only a few days to surpass the anxiety and discover a new strength before sending her eldest son away to the world.
- DirectorPaolo VirzìStarsMauro LamantiaGiovanni ToscanoIrene VetereThe corpse of a famous film producer is found in the Tiber. The investigations focus on three peculiar young scriptwriters.
- DirectorChristian LoStarsTage Johansen HognessJakob DyrudJonas Hoff OftebroA young band from Norway sets out on a journey across the country to attend the National Championship of Rock in a race against time, police and parents.
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsMatt DamonJessica ChastainKristen WiigAn astronaut becomes stranded on Mars after his team assume him dead, and must rely on his ingenuity to find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive and can survive until a potential rescue.
- DirectorMarcin LatalloStarsMaja BohosiewiczMonika BuchowiecRobert BuczynskiThe semi-autobiographical tale of a landlocked sailor's serio-comic quest to find meaning in his father's death in the Himalayas.
- DirectorKároly MakkStarsLili DarvasMari TörőcsikIván DarvasThe wife of a political prisoner tends to her mother-in-law and keeps from the old woman the truth about her son, whom she believes is in New York making a film.
- DirectorPernille Fischer ChristensenStarsAlba AugustMaria BonnevieTrine DyrholmBiopic of Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren, the author of numerous children's books and creator of Pippi Longstocking.
- DirectorAleksey GermanStarsAndrei BoltnevNina RuslanovaAndrey MironovRussian provincial town in the middle of the 1930s Stalin's Great Purge. Ivan Lapshin, the head of the local police, does what he has to do. And he does it well.
- DirectorAlejandro LandesStarsSofia BuenaventuraJulián GiraldoKaren QuinteroOn a remote mountaintop, eight kids with guns watch over a hostage and a conscripted milk cow.
- DirectorJagoda SzelcStarsZuzanna LitAnna BiernacikPaulina LasotaWaking up on a cold bus, a group of students start their internships in a remote hotel. Are they prepared for what lies ahead?
- DirectorDuncan JonesStarsSam RockwellKevin SpaceyDominique McElligottAstronaut Sam Bell has a quintessentially personal encounter toward the end of his three-year stint on the Moon, where he, working alongside his computer, GERTY, sends back to Earth parcels of a resource that has helped diminish our planet's power problems.
- DirectorCarlos SauraStarsGeraldine ChaplinJosé Luis López VázquezAlfredo MayoJulian, a middle-aged single doctor, meets his childhood friend Pablo again. The latter is back from Africa and has just married a beautiful young blonde, Elena. Julian falls in love with her and tries to seduce her, but she mockingly pushes him away from her. He then finds that Ana, his nurse, bears a troubling resemblance to Elena. He decides to gradually transform Ana into Elena...
- DirectorBradley CooperStarsLady GagaBradley CooperSam ElliottA musician helps a young singer find fame as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
- DirectorJohn ChesterStarsJohn ChesterMolly ChesterToddDocumentarian John Chester and his wife Molly work to develop a sustainable farm on 200 acres outside of Los Angeles.
- DirectorMathieu KassovitzStarsVincent CasselHubert KoundéSaïd Taghmaoui24 hours in the lives of three young men in the French suburbs the day after a violent riot.
- DirectorKarim AïnouzStarsJulia StocklerCarol DuarteFlávia GusmãoIn 1950s Rio de Janeiro, two sisters live restricted lives with their conservative parents. After they are separated and forced to live apart, they take control of their destinies, while never giving up hope of finding one another.
- DirectorFlávia CastroStarsJeanne BoudierSara AntunesEliane GiardiniIn 1979 a teenage girl emigrates back to Brazil from Paris, plunging her into the political and social storm of that country, and forcing her to confront the disappearance of her father many years earlier.
- DirectorErwan Le DucStarsSwann ArlaudMaud WylerFanny ArdantCaptain Pierre Perdrix's life has been turned upside down since the enigmatic Juliette Webb burst into his life. Her presence alone will force his tight-knit family to redefine their boundaries and finally begin to fully live their lives.
- DirectorMidi ZStarsKe-Xi WuVivian SungKimi HsiaNina Wu, a girl who leaves small theatre company in the country for the big city in pursuit of her actress dream. The wait seems to be endless, as she lives a lonely and repressed life combined with hereditary condition, she suffers from minor depression. One day, she gets a role as a heroine in a 70s espionage film. Having decided to devote herself completely to the character, she did everything she could to get the role and she did succeed. When she finally welcomes her long anticipation of fame, series of unfortunate events and threats start to haunt her. Having to struggle her way through gender and sexuality equality, can Nina, like many other minor individual fight against the odds in life and stand undefeated? Or is it just real life that no one can escape from endless hardships?
- DirectorCamila José DonosoStarsJosefina RamírezGigi ReyesEduardo MoscovisJosefina, a radical homemaker, committed a crime of passion that led her to self-exile at a coastal town. She tries to find peace in solitude, immersed in the house routine, while coexisting with a past of lovers and Molotov cocktails.
- DirectorJames CameronStarsSigourney WeaverMichael BiehnCarrie HennDecades after surviving the Nostromo incident, Ellen Ripley is sent out to re-establish contact with a terraforming colony but finds herself battling the Alien Queen and her offspring.
- DirectorMarc WebbStarsChris EvansMckenna GraceLindsay DuncanFrank, a single man raising his child prodigy niece Mary, is drawn into a custody battle with his mother.
- DirectorFlorian Henckel von DonnersmarckStarsTom SchillingSebastian KochPaula BeerGerman artist Kurt Barnert has escaped East Germany and now lives in West Germany, but is tormented by his childhood under the Nazis and the GDR-regime.
- DirectorMahmut Fazil CoskunStarsAli Seçkiner AliciTarhan KaragözMurat KiliçThe night long journey of the 4 soldiers discharged from the army.
- DirectorMaya GallusStarsSuzanne BarrVictoria BlarneyAmanda CohenIt takes a brazen personality to excel in the competitive sport of professional cooking. A woman can only ascend the ranks if she can take the heat. Meet seven women chefs at the forefront of a "revolution."
- DirectorMorten TyldumStarsJennifer LawrenceChris PrattMichael SheenA malfunction in a sleeping pod on a spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet wakes one passenger 90 years early.
- DirectorNicolas PesceStarsChristopher AbbottLaia CostaMia WasikowskaA man kisses his wife and baby goodbye and seemingly heads away on business, with a plan to check into a hotel, call an escort service, and kill an unsuspecting prostitute.
- DirectorMatteo RovereStarsAlessandro BorghiAlessio LapiceFabrizio RongioneRomulus and Remus, two shepherds and loyal brothers, end up taking part to a journey that will lead one of them to be the founder of the greatest nation ever seen. However, the fate of the chosen one will pass from killing his own brother.
- DirectorClaudio GiovannesiStarsFrancesco Di NapoliViviana ApreaMattia Piano Del BalzoA gang of teenage boys stalks the streets of Naples armed with hand guns and AK-47s to do their mob bosses' bidding.
- DirectorSeamus MurphyStarsPJ HarveyTerry EdwardsJohn ParishAccompany PJ Harvey and Seamus Murphy on a journey through the creative process behind PJ Harvey's new album, conceived by their travels around the globe.
- DirectorJonathan GlazerStarsScarlett JohanssonJeremy McWilliamsLynsey Taylor MackayA mysterious young woman seduces lonely men in the evening hours in Scotland. However, events lead her to begin a process of self-discovery.
- DirectorAleksey GermanStarsRolan BykovAnatoliy SolonitsynVladimir ZamanskiyA Soviet POW joins the partisan guerrillas and proves his loyalty fighting the Germans.
- DirectorAntonella SudasassiStarsDaniela ValencianoLeynar GomezIsabella MoscosoIsa has more than enough on her plate with two children and the household, which she manages on her own. When her husband persists with his wish for a third child, she realizes that something must change.