The death of an old woman brings her daughters and grandchildren to her country house, where memories plague the young woman who inherited it.

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Katharina Hagemann's novel of the same name, about three women over three generations who lived in a family home in the countryside of northern Germany, was rife with kitsch. After a love affair goes wrong, all the apples in the garden freeze. When the feelings of the main characters warm up, the blossoms in the garden burst open – twice in one year. Some readers found this a bit over the top, but for millions of others it was like warm apple pie slathered with cream.

Experienced director Vivian Naefe turns the novel into a feel-good movie for adult women, even though her previous specialty was flicks for teenage girls in mid-puberty. Her Wilde Hühner trilogy was balanced and comfortable, but painless and free of conflict – perfect for adolescence. Der Geschmack von Apfelkernen shows an increase in expectations, which the filmmaker from Hamburg masters convincingly, if conventionally.