What a man is a comedy that tells the story of a young professor, Alex (Matthias Schweighofer), who after being left by his girlfriend Caroline (Mavie Hörbiger), begins a journey to know himself. But how do you overcome the difficulties of a man today? Or rather what is it that makes a man a man?
Acting
Schweighöfer's committed physical comedy—he falls down a LOT.
Writing
Surprisingly sharp observations on modern male insecurity.
Director
Matthias Schweighöfer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Schweighöfer directed AND starred in this, essentially turning his own breakup anxiety into a whole cinematic universe. The man commits.
This was part of a wave of early 2010s German rom-coms trying to crack the Apatow formula—cringey men, redeemable-ish endings, lots of shouting in apartments.
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