Director: Josef Hader
A single reckless moment turns a small-town divorce into a criminal mess in Andrea Gets a Divorce, Josef Hader's 2024 Austrian tragicomedy.
What is Andrea Gets A Divorce about?
Andrea is a rural police officer who has already decided to leave her marriage and move to the city for a detective job when her situation spirals out of her control. Leaving her husband's birthday party, she strikes him with her car as he stumbles into the road, then drives off rather than face the consequences. What follows is a darkly funny unraveling as she tries to investigate a crime she committed herself, dodging colleagues, neighbors and her own guilt.
Cast & crew
Birgit Minichmayr carries the film as Andrea, playing the role with a mix of dry composure and mounting panic. Writer-director Josef Hader also appears on screen, alongside Thomas Schubert, Robert Stadlober and Maria Hofstätter, filling out the small-town cast of neighbors and colleagues who slowly close in on the truth.
Context & significance
Josef Hader is one of Austria's best-known comedians and filmmakers, and Andrea Gets a Divorce continues his interest in mixing bleak, procedural plotting with deadpan humor. Rather than playing the hit-and-run for shock, the film treats it as the start of a slow, awkward comedy of small-town scrutiny, where everyone seems to notice a little too much. The film also carries a distinct regional flavor, its small-town Austrian setting shaping the pacing and the low-key, procedural way suspicion spreads through the community.
Where & how to watch
Andrea Gets a Divorce streams on K-Time with a Farsi dub. Reading about the film on this page needs no account, but watching it requires a free K-Time login. The service is built around a Farsi-language experience for Persian-speaking audiences abroad.