All Good (2018) — AI Story Visualization

Plot Analysis Summary

Janne struggles to preserve her professional life while domestic conflict and a collapsing relationship leave her without clear resolution.

Story Structure — 5 Plot Phases

The Company In Ruins

Janne faces the collapse of the publishing business as an insolvency administrator examines its rooms, accounts, manuscripts, and contracts. A possible private-company restart offers only uncertain hope.

Key Events

• Publishing Business Collapses — Janne confronts the collapse of the publishing business and its uncertain future. Characters: Janne Location: Publishing company
• Administrator Inspects Company — The insolvency administrator examines the company's rooms, accounts, manuscripts, and contracts. Characters: Janne Location: Publishing company rooms
• Janne Protects Company Assets — Janne insists that nothing else be sold before the administrator completes the report. Characters: Janne Location: Publishing company
• Co-owner Disappears — A former co-owner disappears and renounces ownership, leaving the business's future uncertain. Characters: Janne Location: Publishing company
• Private Company Proposal — Janne learns she could buy the name and manuscripts and establish a private company. Characters: Janne Location: Publishing company

Old Friends And New Work

At a class reunion, Janne reconnects with Sissi and confronts the contrast between her insolvency and another writer's success. A ghostwriting offer provides a possible professional alternative.

Key Events

• Class Reunion Encounter — Janne meets Sissi after a long absence at a class reunion. Characters: Janne, Sissi Location: Class reunion
• Career Success Comparison — Sissi learns about Janne's insolvency while Janne hears of a former colleague's successful book. Characters: Janne, Sissi Location: Class reunion
• Ghostwriting Offer — Janne is offered ghostwriting work because an editor-in-chief is ill. Characters: Janne Location: Professional setting

Danger At Home

The disorder in Janne's home becomes entangled with arguments about Sissi and Piet. The cat's death near the railway and Sissi's black eye deepen the atmosphere of danger and distress.

Key Events

• Domestic Disorder Emerges — Professional uncertainty is mirrored by disorder and conflict inside Janne's home. Characters: Janne, Sissi, Piet Location: Janne's house
• Argument Over Staying — An argument centers on whether Sissi should remain for Piet or move away. Characters: Janne, Sissi, Piet Location: Janne's house
• Cat Killed By Train — A cat is killed by a train, making the house and its surroundings another source of distress. Characters: Janne, Sissi Location: Railway near the house
• Sissi Returns Injured — Sissi returns from the reunion with a black eye and initially claims that she fell. Characters: Janne, Sissi Location: Janne's house
• Sissi Explains Her Refusal — Sissi admits that a man wanted something from her and that she refused, while insisting she can defend herself. Characters: Janne, Sissi Location: Janne's house

A Relationship Unravels

Robert's professional pressures, absences, and connection to Martin place further strain on Janne. His hotel stay and her attempt to recover her belongings bring the relationship toward open hostility.

Key Events

• Theatre Social Gathering — Janne attends a theatre outing and later gatherings where Robert is connected to Martin. Characters: Janne, Robert, Martin Location: Theatre and social gatherings
• Departments Are Merged — Robert is associated with a demanding professional environment in which departments are being merged. Characters: Robert, Martin Location: Professional setting
• Robert Stops Answering — Robert is absent for long periods and does not answer Janne's calls. Characters: Janne, Robert Location: Janne's home
• Hotel And Belongings — Robert stays in a hotel while Janne tries to retrieve her belongings. Characters: Janne, Robert Location: Hotel and Robert's residence
• Hostile Physical Encounter — Their physical encounter turns hostile when Janne repeatedly tells Robert to stop. Characters: Janne, Robert Location: Robert's residence

No Clear Answer

Janne continues with a report and a trip to Cologne while waiting for Robert to respond. The expected seminar ends without closure, leaving her caught between professional failure, domestic conflict, and separation.

Key Events

• Report And Cologne Trip — Despite the personal crisis, Janne continues handling a report and a trip to Cologne. Characters: Janne Location: Professional setting and Cologne
• Unanswered Seminar Expectation — Robert is expected at a seminar but still does not answer, leaving Janne without clear resolution. Characters: Janne, Robert Location: Seminar setting

Story Breakdown

• Business Collapse — Janne confronts the insolvency of the publishing company and considers whether its work can continue.
  • Insolvency Inspection — The administrator examines the company rooms, accounts, manuscripts, and rental contracts.
  • Private Company Proposal — Janne is told she could buy the name and manuscripts and establish a private company.
• Ownership Uncertainty — The disappearance and renunciation of a former co-owner make the company's future unstable.
  • Former Owner Vanishes — A former co-owner disappears and gives up ownership.
  • Assets Under Review — Janne insists that nothing else be sold before the report is completed.
• Reunion And Work — Janne reconnects with Sissi while comparing her own crisis with professional success around her.
  • Meeting Sissi — Janne and Sissi meet at a class reunion after not seeing each other for some time.
  • Ghostwriting Possibility — Janne receives an offer to work as a ghostwriter because an editor-in-chief is ill.
• Household Danger — Conflict at home grows through arguments about Sissi, Piet, and the unsafe surroundings.
  • Argument Over Piet — The household debates whether Sissi should stay for Piet or move away.
  • Cat By The Railway — A cat is killed by a train near the property, deepening the household distress.
• Sissi Returns Injured — Sissi's black eye reveals another source of danger, although she refuses to present herself as helpless.
  • Black Eye Explained — Sissi first claims she fell, then admits that a man wanted something she refused.
  • Self Defense Insisted — Sissi tells Janne that she can defend herself despite Janne's concern.
• Robert Withdraws — Robert's professional environment and increasing absence place the relationship under sustained pressure.
  • Professional Pressure — Robert is connected to Martin and to a workplace where departments are being merged.
  • Hotel Separation — Robert stays in a hotel while Janne tries to retrieve her belongings.
• Hostile Breakdown — Janne and Robert's unresolved conflict becomes physically hostile and leaves their relationship apparently broken.
  • Demand For Answers — Janne accuses Robert of failing to say or do what is needed.
  • Repeated Stop — Their physical encounter turns hostile when Janne repeatedly tells Robert to stop.
• Unresolved Ending — Janne continues working while Robert remains unreachable, preserving the film's lack of clear resolution.
  • Report And Cologne — Janne handles a report and a trip to Cologne despite the personal crisis.
  • Seminar Without Response — Robert is expected at a seminar but still does not answer Janne.

Directed by

Eva Trobisch

Key Cast

• Aenne Schwarz — Janne
• Andreas Döhler — Piet
• Hans Löw — Martin
• Tilo Nest — Robert
• Lisa Hagmeister — Sissi