How to Be Normal and the Oddness of the Other World is a 2025 drama film directed by Florian Pochlatko in his directorial debut. The film follows Pia, who is freshly released from psychiatric hospital, living with her parents she is trying to rebuild her life, as she juggles jobs, heartbreak, her meds and social stigma and searching for equilibrium.[1][2]
Pia, a young woman recently discharged from a psychiatric facility, struggles to reintegrate into her old life. Returning to her childhood home and working at her father’s office, she feels alienated—misunderstood by her parents, ex-boyfriend Joni, and colleagues. Only 12-year-old Lenni, who shares her sense of entrapment, connects with her. All have different expectations from her. As Pia navigates societal expectations, medication, and self-doubt, she undergoes a startling transformation—growing to 20 meters tall. Is this a psychotic break or a powerful awakening? And who gets to define what is normal? Is it okay not to be okay!?
The film directed by Florian Pochlatko is produced by Golden Girls Film Production, with Arash T. Riahi and Sabine Gruber as producers and with the support of the Austrian Film Institute, the Vienna Film Fund, the Province of Lower Austria and Cine Art, and the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation acting as television partner. Filmladen is the distributors of the film.[5]
Principal photography began on 17 April 2023 on locations in Vienna, Lower Austria. Filming ended on 26 May 2023 in Austria.[5]
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