Synopsis
No marriage without a break, no career without a crisis: writer Max Mangold experiences both. First, the highly successful author of fiery heartbreak novels under the pseudonym Jana van Hausten suffers a severe writer's block, then his wife Susanne tells him that she wants to go to Rostock University for a year - ostensibly for the sake of her career. Coincidentally, her old childhood sweetheart, the fisherman Jörn, also lives there. Without further ado and driven by jealousy, Max travels there to fight for his marriage. And then he has a fateful encounter with hairdresser Nancy, who is a hardcore fan of Jana van Hausten.
Ratings
IMDb6/10
5 audience votes
Key crew
- Patrick WinczewskiDirector
- Thomas KirdorfWriter
Cast
- Heino FerchMax Mangold
- Inka FriedrichSusanne Mangold
- Petra KellingGreta Thielke
- Peter BenedictBenno Wolf
- Karolina LodygaNancy Krause
- Lea RuckpaulPaula Mangold
- Adriana AltarasCarla Keller
- Markus GertkenJörn Schröder
- Judith von RadetzkyAnke Boehmer
- Mathias JungeIngolf Schmidtke
- Dirk AudehmKassierer
Themes
escapemoverostockpseudonymdysfunctional marriageseparationnovelistlaw professorpregnant daughterunhappy wifebook writingauthor reading