How to Be Normal and the Oddness of the Other World

How do you act normal in a world where 'normal' is... bizarre? Austrian debut director Florian Pochlatko tackles the question with originality, humour – and spaghetti.

Recently discharged from a psychiatric clinic, 26-year-old Pia moves back in with her parents on the outskirts of Vienna. Full of good intentions, she tries to return to a 'normal' life in a world that feels increasingly chaotic. Job interviews go wrong, friends seem distant, and love appears in the most unlikely places. A former student of Michael Haneke, Pochlatko delivers a vibrant and refreshing film about identity, family, self-discovery and partying – packed with delightfully hallucinatory detours and playful visual montages.

• Pia Lundberg