Directed by: Doris Dörrie Script: Doris Dörrie Producer: Patrick Zorer, Harald Kügler, Molly von Fürstenberg Production company: Olga Film, BR, ARD, Arte Cinematography: Hanno Lentz Editing: Inez Regnier, Frank C. Müller Music: Claus Bantzer Cast: Elmar Wepper, Hannelore Elsner, Aya Irizuki, Nadja Uhl, Maximilian Brückner, Birgit Minichmayr
Format: 35mm Running time: 127'
Synopsis Trudi is the only one who knows that her husband is terminally ill with cancer. When his doctor suggests that the couple undertake one last trip together, Trudi persuades her husband to accompany her to visit her children and grandchildren in Berlin. However, the members of their family are far too wrapped up in their own lives to be able to take care of the couple. After a theatre trip to see a Butoh dance performance, Trudi and Rudi decide to go and stay at a hotel on the Baltic coast. And then, out of the blue, Trudi dies. Rudi is completely at a loss. He has no idea what to do with his life, until he decides to go to Japan to visit their youngest son, Karl.
Awards Bavarian Film Awards 2008, Bavarian Film Award Best Actor, Best Production
German Film Awards 2008, Film Award in Gold, Best Costume Design, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, Outstanding Feature Film
Seattle International Film Festival 2008 Golden Space Needle Award Best Film
Directors Biography Doris Dörrie is born in Hanover on 26 May 1955. She studied Theatre, Philosophy, Semantics and Psychology in New York. She attended the Academy for Television & Film (HFF) in Munich and had her cinema debut in 1983 with 'Straight Through The Heart'. Her films include: 'Inside The Whale' (1984), 'Men' (1984), 'Paradise' (1986), 'Me and Him' (1988), 'Money' (1989), 'Love In Germany' (1990), 'Happy Birthday' (1991), 'Nobody Loves Me' (1994), 'Am I Beautiful?' (1998) and 'Erleuchtung garantiert' (1999). She has also published seven volumes of short stories and a novel since 1987.
Location and screening schedule: Europa Cinema, Wednesday, October 21st at 19.30 MOVIEPLEX Cinema, Thursday, October 22nd at 20.00
