ADVERTISEMENT German writer-director Frédéric Hambalek surprised everyone this year at the Berlinale with a comedy in Competition that could very well be one of the breakout titles this year. Was Marielle Weiß (What Marielle Knows) is a sharp, taut and pitch-black comedy that deconstructs the perfect picture of family dynamics. It does so by revolving around a high concept idea: a young girl (Laeni Geiseler) develops telepathic powers after being hit by a girl at school who she called a slut.