Ronald Vietz drama „Ernesto’s Island“ with Max Riemelt in one of the leading roles will be released in German cinemas on May 18, 2023. Following its premiere on April 13, 2023 as part of the Achtung Berlin Film Festival, this is the first time the film will be shown to a wider audience.

„Ernesto’s Island“ tells the story of Matthias – played by Max Riemelt. Matthias works very successfully in a Berlin advertising agency and enjoys his luxurious single life. When suddenly his mother, a dropout and convinced communist, dies he has to face his past. Tasked to scatter her ashes in Cuba, she sends Matthias on a journey into his past. Matthias finds family he wants nothing to do with. He encounters love he cannot relate to and loses a friend he cannot rescue. When he manages to accept his roots and admits to himself that he is not the unscrupulous, self-satisfied cynic, only then does he understand what he has been missing.