Plot.
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Allegro Pastell

2026 · Film · 100 min

  • Drama
  • Romance

Plot

In the summer of 2018, novelist Tanja Arnheim and web designer Jerome Daimler have a seemingly ideal long-distance relationship in the heat of Berlin, the idyll of an inherited bungalow in the Hessian Main Valley and many train journeys in between. But the carefully cultivated balance of trust and detachment between the two hyper-reflective millennials is shaken when Tanja realizes on the night of her thirtieth birthday that the relationship could become existential.

About Allegro Pastell

Allegro Pastell is a 2026 German drama film directed by Anna Roller, written by Leif Randt and based on the 2020 novel of the same name by Randt. Starring Jannis Niewöhner and Sylvaine Faligant, it follows novelist Tanja Arnheim and web designer Jerome Daimler, who are maintaining a seemingly ideal long-distance relationship. The film had its world premiere at the Panorama section of the 76th Berlin International Film Festival on 14 February 2026. It will be theatrically released in Germany by DCM Film Distribution on 16 April.

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Cast

  • Sylvaine FaligantTanja Arnheim
  • Jannis NiewöhnerJerome Daimler
  • Vera FlückAmelie
  • Luna WedlerSarah Arnheim
  • Wolfram KochKonstantin Arnheim
  • Haley Louise JonesMarlene
  • Martina GedeckUlla Arnheim
  • Nico EhrenteitJanis
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