Four couples, one tragedy, and the worst hot take you'll ever hear from your spouse.
Couples and families in the days after September 11, 2001. All relationships become complictaed, but only one of the four nested stories surrounding a German who condemns the attack, and her husband, a Muslim who advocates it, offers approximate a discussion approach to the attack. The remaining episodes are poorly staged, construction-looking relationship tragedies.
Acting
The central couple actually sells an impossible conversation.
Writing
One brave script choice buried under three soap operas.
Director
Max Färberböck
Justus von Dohnányi
Philipp Scholz
Nina Proll
Lena
Jörg Schüttauf
Helmer
Stefanie Stappenbeck
Natascha
Anja Kling
Sandra
Anna Böttcher
Hebamme
Peter Fitz
Isidor Krantz
Grischa Huber
Gudrun
Kristina van Eyck
Klavierlehrerin
Albert Kitzl
Herr Moshen
Murali Perumal
Naim
Henny Reents
Bianca
Mignon Remé
Diplomatenfrau
Michael Wittenborn
Waller
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released just two years after 9/11, this was Germany's attempt to process American trauma through European domesticity—explaining both its courage and its clumsiness.
Director Max Färberböck previously made 'Aimee & Jaguar'—explaining why the lesbian subplot here feels like contractually obligated Färberböck content.
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