Gerold Plassek is an unsuccessful journalist on a free sheet. As an ex-girlfriend who suddenly has to go abroad and entrusted him with her son Manuel, his everyday life changes suddenly. The critical 14-year-old becomes a real challenge. Manuel has no idea that this "failure" is his father - "Geri" lacks any drive, the local pub is his living room and alcohol is his most reliable friend. But his misanthropic life is moving.
Acting
Thomas Stipsits balances pathetic and poignant without begging.
Writing
Dialogue that actually sounds like people avoiding their problems.
Director
Daniel Prochaska
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Austria's 'Stadtkomödie' tradition — working-class Vienna stories rarely exported beyond German-language markets.
Tristan Göbel had already played a son discovering uncomfortable paternal truths in 'Tschick' (2016). Typecast or specialty?
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