Germany, 2016
Comedy
Length: 162 min.
Direction: Maren Ade
Starring: Peter Simonischek, Sandra Hüller, Michael Wittenborn
This achingly funny yet at times extremely sad film tells the touching story of a father-daughter relationshipwhich is very relevant today. Maren Ade’s film is a great favourite with the German public.
The father, Winfried Conradi alias Toni Erdmann, is a fun-loving, retired music teacher. The daughter, Ines, is a tough business woman, who has no time for her father’s practical jokes.She has, actually, no time at all – except for work.
So when Winfried decides to pay his daughter a surprise visit in Bucharest, at a very decisive point in her career, the situation escalates.
“A humane hilarious triumph.” – Guy, Lodge, Variety
“If a single movie were enough to silence reports of the death of cinema, it would be this one.” - A. O. Scott, The New York Times
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