‘Four Minus Three,’ Premiering at Berlin, Is Based on a True Story of Family, Death, Grief, Hope – and Clowns (Exclusive Clip)

You likely want to bring a box of tissues when you go see Four Minus Three (Vier Minus Drei), the new feature from Austrian filmmaker Adrian Goiginger (The Best of All Worlds, The Fox), which is based on a true story and world premieres in the Panorama section of the Berlin International Film Festival. What awaits you is an emotional journey through family, death, grief, memory, hope, and tears that also features clowns – yes, clowns!

The movie stars Valerie Pachner (The Stories, Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden, A Hidden Life). She and her partner Heli (Robert Stadlober) are professional clowns, living an alternative, joy-filled life with their two children. But then Barbara loses Heli and the children in a car accident. “In the face of unspeakable loss, her belief in humor, hope, and humanity is put to the ultimate test,” notes a synopsis of Four Minus Three. “Can her…