What is the English language plot outline for Home for the Weekend (2012)?

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Marko is in his mid-thirties, has just published his first book, and has been living in Berlin since his university days - far enough away from his parents Gitte and Günter whose bourgeois lifestyle he could never quite get used to. He visits them once or twice a year, mainly to give them a chance to spend a few days with their grandson. His hopes of spending a quiet weekend with the family fall short when Gitte, who has been mentally unstable since Marko was a child, feels so healthy after a homeopathic treatment that she stops taking her medication. Her announcement triggers reserved reactions in the family, and a series of revelations tip his family's structure out of balance.

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Home for the Weekend

German Film Critics Association Awards

German Film Awards

Beijing International Film Festival

Berlin International Film Festival

Las Palmas Film Festival

Schwerin Art of Film Festival

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