Summary
Lorenz Meran, a successful gay author suffering acute writers' block, has to leave Berlin and return to eastern Switzerland to provide care for his aged mother, Rosie. But it is not only his mother's battle against being dictated to and losing her dignity that he is struggling with. It's also his own midlife crisis.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 50GoodWatch 54
IMDb7.1
Audience score29%
Running time
2 h 6 min
Longer than most dramas, +17 min on the typical 109
typical 109126Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries, rent or buy in 4 more
Released
2013
May 29, 2013
13 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
German
Original language
Made in
- Switzerland
and 2 more17 people
- Fabian KrügerLorenz
- Sibylle BrunnerRosie
- SLSebastian LedesmaMario
- Judith HofmannSophie
- EHEric HättenschwilerAlex Ritter
- AHAlexis HauptSilvan Ritter
- Anna-Katharina MüllerChantal
- MGMargot GödrösTrudi Thür
- HTHans-Rudolf TwerenboldMarkus Lechweiler
- BKBodo KrumwiedeClemens Meran
- Marietta JemmiFrau Stählin
- MFMarlise FischerFrau Jäger
- CGCatriona GuggenbühlHausärztin
- DFDaniel FreiJournalist
- LKLouis KrähenbühlOberarzt
- AMAndrea MeierModeratorin Kulturzeit 3sat
- GKGregor KüfferAngestellter Sauna
Directing · 1
- Marcel Gisler Director, Screenplay
Writing · 1
- Rudolf Nadler Screenplay
Camera · 1
- Sophie Maintigneux Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Bettina Böhler Editor
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