Du bringst mich noch um (1994)
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Katja Flint, August Zirner, Gabriela Benesch, Georg Schuchter
A chance encounter draws a German teacher and a doctor's wife into a clandestine affair that threatens their family lives.
The story
At the edge of a children’s playground, a German teacher and the wife of an internist meet by chance and are swept into a risky passion. Amid family demands, they steal secret phone calls and clandestine meetings. Each feels trapped in a life with the wrong partner: he would like to work in the theater, while she dreams of becoming an architect. They live in a small, respectable town, where the affair and their families both demand attention. With Christmas approaching, the pressure builds toward a potential disaster.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
It is a chance encounter at the edge of a children’s playground. Both—a German teacher and the wife of an internist—are swept up in a risky passion. They steal secret phone calls and clandestine meetings from the demands of family life. But both have families with the wrong partners and are living the wrong lives (he would like to work in the theater; she would like to be an architect). They live in a small, respectable town; their passion, but also their families, demand their due. Christmas is approaching, the ideal time for disasters, and they are caught on Boxing Day.
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