This film, released in 2004, is a drama-comedy filled with big names: Katja Riemann, Moritz Bleibtreu, Til Schweiger, and Herbert Knaup all take part. We begin by following Moritz Bleibtreu’s character, Hans-Jörg Tschirner, into his job in the library. We quickly get a view of the type of person he is based on camera angles and his own actions.
Agnes, as the title suggests, is played by a man, Martin Weiß. He seems to only have been in movies (or television) from 2000-2005. Although there are many hints at it beginning with the title, we aren’t told that Agnes is a transwoman until over an hour into the film, when we meet her children and ex-wife. Agnes is shown to us as the most normal person in the family, though Hans-Jörg sees a distorted view and makes some pretty horrible assumptions of their father based on what he saw.
The inappropriate scenes are based on the problems of the family, which is the point of focus of the film. Several images may be disturbing, but that’s sort of the point. This film would be a solid rated R for nudity and sexual content, which are pertinent to the film’s meaning.