A housewife meets her friend's fiancée and everything combusts. German drama: zero chill, maximum mess.
Marie is a successful designer and has a loving husband and two children. But fate offers more. When she meets the fiancée of their friend Dom, the two women fall for each other. This comes out and life gets out of control. Can there be a long-term solution?
Acting
Ina Weisse's restrained desperation is absolutely shattering.
Direction
Kaufmann lets silences scream louder than dialogue ever could.
Director
Rainer Kaufmann
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rare 2010s German TV film centering lesbian desire without tragic punishment tropes—though happiness remains elusive.
The title's irony: Marie's 'unexpected' love mirrors her unexpected loneliness—both arrive without permission.
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