Academy Awards, USA 2017
| Nominated Oscar | Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Germany
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Sony Pictures Classics
Directed by Maren Ade
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(Blu-ray, Sony)
A middle aged man in Germany pays a surprise visit to his daughter in Bucharest, Romania. She is busy with her corporate job trying to convince an oil executive to outsource some work. Feeling ignored, the father spontaneously adopts an alter identity at a party as the "life coach" of the oil executive. Once started, he is unable to stop the ruse, even if it is damaging to his daughter's chances of getting the contract. At first she is appalled at his conduct, but gradually comes to accept it for what it is: an attempt to connect with her on a personal level. The viewer takes a similar journey. It works on multiple levels: as comedy it is frequently hilarious; as drama it examines the strained relationship between an aging father and his grown daughter; and it has much to say about how women are treated in corporations and the emptiness of that lifestyle. Sandra Hüller and Peter Simonischek are excellent in the lead roles.
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