Miroirs No. 3

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Miroirs No. 3

Mar 2026

1h 26m

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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During a weekend trip to the countryside, Laura, a young piano student from Berlin, miraculously survives a shocking car crash. Awakening in a nearby house, Laura finds herself in the care of a local woman, who tends to her with motherly devotion. As she recuperates, Laura begins to integrate herself into the lives of the woman and her initially reluctant husband and son. By turns haunted and hopeful, Laura and her adopted family reawaken to the world and come to find a strange harmony together. However, they cannot outrun the ghosts of the past, which begin to stir, as acclaimed director Christian Petzold (PHOENIX, TRANSIT) spins a modern gothic fairytale about the lies we tell ourselves and the strange ways that grief, connection, and humanity bind and sustain us.

Critics Consensus

A hushed, enigmatic psychodrama, Miroirs No. 3 simmers with mystery and mood as Paula Beer's transfixing performance anchors its exploration of fractured identity.

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Kimberley Jones

Austin Chronicle

17h

2.5/5

As a whole something, this muted, dreamlike picture can’t help but feel insubstantial after so much fruitless mystery.

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Jake Coyle

Associated Press

1d

3.5/4

Petzold ends “Miroirs” without sacrificing the ambiguous grace that came before. And he turns “Miroirs,” a slender and sweet 86-minute puzzle, into one of the more lovely and profound little movies about how hearts can be mended by just opening a door.

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Alison Willmore

New York Magazine/Vulture

3d

The key to its unsettling pleasures is the way it acknowledges that what is happening is disturbing only if one of its characters says it is.

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Sean Burns

WBUR’s Arts & Culture

1d

Glancing and beguilingly light on its feet, as gentle as the cascading Ravel suite from which the film takes its title.

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Joseph Neff

Spectrum Culture

2d

Miroirs No. 3 is a minor film, but this is deliberate; it gathers weight through the accumulation of small pleasures.

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Laura Clifford

Reeling Reviews

2d

B

a most peculiar ghost story, a case of post-trauma shifting identities told with humor, heart and a dash of mystery...may have a light touch, but its psychology digs deep.

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Ross S

@Wonder-Boys 1d

Another masterful Petzold film with a compellingly mysterious storyline. Haunting and moving, with understated yet stirring performances from Paula Beer and Barbara Auer. I found the ending abrupt yet somehow satisfying.

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Benjamin M

@bmin1 5d

This is a boring movie that lacks a third act. The director threw a few tropes about grief on the screen and then walked away. His actors gave him wonderful performances that are entirely wasted on a pointless film.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Mar 20

Success in 1 hour and 26 minutes. All ages admitted.

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Runa R

@runa.r Jan 8

It is a simple and beautiful story, a settled film with unsettled stories beneath the surface.

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Christian Petzold

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Paula Beer

Laura

Barbara Auer

Betty

Matthias Brandt

Richard

Enno Trebs

Max

Christian Petzold

Screenwriter

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Synopsis

During a weekend trip to the countryside, Laura, a young piano student from Berlin, miraculously survives a shocking car crash. Awakening in a nearby house, Laura finds herself in the care of a local woman, who tends to her with motherly devotion. As she recuperates, Laura begins to integrate herself into the lives of the woman and her initially reluctant husband and son. By turns haunted and hopeful, Laura and her adopted family reawaken to the world and come to find a strange harmony together. However, they cannot outrun the ghosts of the past, which begin to stir, as acclaimed director Christian Petzold (PHOENIX, TRANSIT) spins a modern gothic fairytale about the lies we tell ourselves and the strange ways that grief, connection, and humanity bind and sustain us.

Director: Christian Petzold
Producer: Florian Koerner von Gustorf, Michael Weber, Anton Kaiser
Screenwriter: Christian Petzold
Distributor: 1-2 Special
Production Co: Arte, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), Schramm Film Koerner & Weber
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: German
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 20, 2026, Limited
Runtime: 1h 26m