Frau Pfarrer & Herr Priester (2016)

The unmarried pastor Rieke Schmidt is a down-to-earth woman who fights with all her might against the closure of a youth center in Munich-Bogenhausen. After the electricity there has already been shut off, she confronts her Catholic counterpart, Toni Seidl, with her ideas about youth work. Although their approaches differ greatly, he also uses the center with his altar servers. The real opponents are the members of the Catholic parish council, to whom the center is costing too much, and who would be only too happy to abandon the planned ecumenical, shared use of the building. But Rieke Schmidt has worries beyond the youth center, too, since her parishioners turn to her with all kinds of personal problems. She has to find accommodation for a neighbor who has become homeless, and deal with the sudden leukemia diagnosis of Jessy, her daughter’s friend and her godchild. Rieke also draws personal strength from her regular visits to the priest, which she makes because of the youth center. With his help, she arranges the requirements and the necessary funds for a specialized cancer treatment that is not covered by health insurance.