Die Braut von der Tankstelle (2005)
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René Steinke, Floriane Daniel, Peter Fitz, Nicole Marischka, Martin Klempnow, Charlotte Schwab, Kai Lentrodt, Paula Dombrowski, Wolf-Dietrich Sprenger
After a failed attempt to end his life, Felix takes over a run-down gas station and must contend with its determined rival across the road.
The story
At his birthday party, Felix discovers that his wife is cheating on him with his friend. Enraged, he speeds away in his light-blue Porsche intending to end his life, but survives by an unlikely stroke of luck. The incident leads to a peculiar deal with a field worker he nearly runs over, leaving Felix the owner of a run-down gas station. As he struggles to adapt from running a neon-sign advertising business to working as an attendant, Weda, who owns the station across the road, tries to ruin him. Both livelihoods are at stake.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
By chance, Felix discovers at his birthday party that his wife is cheating on him with his friend. Enraged, he speeds off in his light-blue Porsche to end his life. By an incredible stroke of luck, he fails. This leads to a peculiar deal between Felix and the field worker he nearly ran over. Felix now owns a run-down gas station. He struggles not only with the change from running a neon-sign advertising business to working as a gas station attendant, but also with the station across the road, whose owner, Weda, stops at nothing to ruin him. Both sides have their livelihoods at stake. Only when an oil company expresses interest in both gas stations do the two feuding rivals grow closer at a village festival and join forces against their new enemy.
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