''Dora or The Sexual Neuroses of Our Parents'' () is a 2015 Swiss

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by Stina Werenfels. It was screened in the Panorama section of the

65th Berlin International Film Festival The 65th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 5 to 15 February 2015, with American film director Darren Aronofsky as the president of the jury. German film director Wim Wenders was presented with the Honorary Golden Bear. The ...

. It was one of seven films shortlisted by Switzerland to be their submission for the

Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020) is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to a ...

at the

88th Academy Awards The 88th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2015 and took place on February 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, 5:30 p.m. PST. D ...

, but it lost out to '' Iraqi Odyssey''.

Cast

* as Dora * Jenny Schily as Kristin *

Lars Eidinger Lars Eidinger (; born ) is a German actor and rapper, based in Berlin. He has appeared in German and international film and television productions, including the 2020 film '' My Little Sister'', the German series '' Babylon Berlin'' (2017–2022) ...

as Peter * as Felix * as Barbara *

Thelma Buabeng Thelma Buabeng (born 31 March 1981 in Ghana) is a German actress. Life Thelma Buabeng grew up with two siblings in Meckenheim (Rhineland), where her family moved to from Ghana in 1984. She passed her high school diploma at the St. Joseph Gymn ...

as Maria * as Sara * as Susanne *

Knut Berger Knut Berger is a German actor. He was born in 1975 in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. He played Axel Himmelman in the 2004 Israeli film '' Walk on Water''. Films * ''Deutschland 86'' - 2018 as Christoph Fischer * '' Ein ganz normal ...

as Dr. Neumann * as Frau Heise * as Franzi * as Professor

References

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* 2015 films 2015 drama films Swiss drama films 2010s German-language films Swiss films based on plays {{2010s-drama-film-stub