Germany 2003 | 93 Minutes | Co-production with Ö-Film
DIRECTED BY
Norbert Baumgarten
WRITTEN BY
Norbert Baumgarten
PRODUCERS
Jan Philip Lange
Anke Hartwig
Niklas Bäumer
Katrin Schlösser
Frank Löprich
CAST
Florian Lukas, Axel Prahl, Daniela Hoffmann, Johanna Klante, Jacob Matschenz, Hilmar Eichhorn. Marie Gruber, Annett Renneberg, Michael Ojake u.v.a.
FUNDING
FFA, BKM, medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg
FESTIVALS
Berlinale 2003 – Perspektive Deutsches Kino Studio Hamburg Nachwuchspreis 2003 – Best Director, Best Screenplay Durban International Film Festival/South Africa Seville European Film Festival/Spain – Best Film, Best Director
Zum Inhalt
Naïve and ready for any risk, the citizens of Säßlen love their way through their “Aufschwung Ost” (Eastern economic recovery) and almost manage to grasp it in the end. There are Micha Resser and Sylvia Kubicek. They have dreams of a life together – children, at least a car and a big house. They say they love each other. But Micha is cheating on Sylvia with Kerstin, and Sylvia is cheating on Micha with Ade Banjo. He is Black, goes by the name “Blondie” and scores so many goals for the Säßlen soccer club that he makes the town and its people famous far beyond the borders of Brandenburg.
This gives Sylvia’s father Rolf, who is currently in a professional slump whose effects can even be felt in the marital bed, a great idea – merchandise. Suddenly things are looking up for him. However, that is no reason for his wife Bärbel to end her secret affair with the school principal. Micha’s parents, Otto and Inge, don’t have such problems. Otto is the most influential building contractor in town and president of the soccer club. His uncompromising nature, his assertiveness and his creative accounting are the foundation for the town’s sporting and economic recovery. But Otto’s creativity becomes a matter for the court, and his Inge, the only faithful woman in town, is left weeping. Then there is Sylvia’s brother Benny and his buddy Timo. They drink beer, smoke, talk about girls and occasionally try to score with one. Which doesn’t quite work out at first…
