Directed by:
Didi DanquartCast:
Alexandra Maria Lara, Felix Klare, Răzvan Vasilescu, Manfred Zapatka, Katharina Thalbach, Ioana Abur, Valentin Platareanu, Andi Vasluianu, Tania Popa (more)Plots(1)
Bucharest 2005. Stefan, a young German engineer, comes to Romania to install a new offset machine in the printing shop of Nicu Iorga. There he meets Brindusa, Iorga's attractive Romanian interpreter and assistant, and falls in love with her. Everything is going just fine between the two of them: they plan to get married in Bucharest before leaving to live in Germany. Stefan's parents and sister arrive in Bucharest in order to celebrate the wedding with them. But what Stefan doesn't know is that Brindusa has had a long relationship with Iorga, and Iorga is dead set on preventing the wedding from taking place. He starts by criticizing Stefan's installation of the offset machine and begins to sabotage his work. Worse still, at dinner Stefan's parents aren't getting along at all with Brindusa's father, Mr. Herghelegiu: cultural differences lead from one mishap to the next, and Brindusa isn't even there to translate, because she is off trying to deal with Iorga. The next morning at the marriage office, Iorga confronts Brindusa with an existential decision... (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Alexandra Maria Lara
Romania
Best movies:
Rush (2013)
Control (2007)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
Felix Klare
West Germany
Best movies:
Because You're Mine (2019) (TV movie)
Luther (2003)
Bis nichts mehr bleibt (2010) (TV movie)
Răzvan Vasilescu
Romania
Best movies:
California Dreamin' (Endless) (2007)
Train of Life (1998)
Sand Cliffs (1983)
Manfred Zapatka
German Empire
Best movies:
The Collini Case (2019)
The Free Will (2006)
Besondere Schwere der Schuld (2014) (TV movie)
Katharina Thalbach
East Germany
Best movies:
Head Full of Honey (2014)
The Tin Drum (1979)
Sophie's Choice (1982)
Ioana Abur
Romania
Best movies:
The Half Life of Timofey Berezin (2006)
Ana, mon amour (2017)
Hello! How Are You? (2010)
Valentin Platareanu
Romania
Best movies:
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
Blazing Winter (1965)
Schimanski (1997) (series)
Andi Vasluianu
Romania
Best movies:
Tania Popa
Soviet Union
Best movies:
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)
The Oak (1992)
Tales from the Golden Age (2009)
Anna Stieblich
West Germany
Best movies:
Lessons of a Dream (2011)
Wolves of Berlin (2009) (series)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Ioana Flora
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Stuff and Dough (2001)
Pororoca (2017)
Ana, mon amour (2017)
Pepe Danquart
West Germany
Best movies:
Herr Lehmann (2003)
Andreea Bibiri
Romania
Best movies:
Of Snails and Men (2012)
Niki and Flo (2003)
Metronom (2022)
Doru Ana
Romania
Best movies:
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2005)
Silent Wedding (2008)
Ioan Gyuri Pascu
Romania
Best movies:
An Unforgettable Summer (1994)
West (2002)
Go West - Freiheit um jeden Preis (2011) (TV movie)
Alexandru Papadopol
Romania
Best movies:
When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism (2013)
Tales from the Golden Age (2009)
Toni Erdmann (2016)
Bruno Cathomas
Switzerland
Best movies:
Me and Kaminski (2015)
Night Before Eyes (2008) (TV movie)
Someone Like Me (2012)
Didi Danquart
West Germany
Marius Chivu
Romania
Best movies:
Silent Wedding (2008)
Jacquou le croquant (2007)
The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683 (2012)
Aura Calarasu
Best movies:
California Dreamin' (Endless) (2007)
Ryna (2005)
Exodus to Shanghai (2015)