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Man kann nicht alles haben (2021)

90 min · Comedy

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Directors

Michael Kreihsl

Cast

Fritz Karl, Aglaia Szyszkowitz, Marie-Luise Stockinger, Aaron Friesz, Thomas Mraz, Johannes Silberschneider, Daniela Golpashin

A formidable divorce lawyer plots to derail her daughter’s marriage to her own former sweetheart—with help from the groom’s son.

The story

Brigitte “Biggi” Fiedler is Graz’s toughest divorce lawyer. When she learns her daughter Anna wants to marry a man decades older than her, she is stunned. The man is her sweetheart from her youth, Richie Moosleitner, a former rock star. Biggi is determined to stop the wedding at any cost. She teams up with Richie’s son Michael, planning for him to win Anna away from his father. But Michael is not Anna’s dream man, and his initial advances to her fail.

Full plot (contains spoilers)

Brigitte “Biggi” Fiedler, known as “the Crocodile,” is the toughest divorce lawyer in Graz. When she learns that her daughter Anna wants to marry a man decades older than her, she is stunned. What’s more, the man turns out to be Brigitte’s sweetheart from her youth, former rock star Richie Moosleitner. Brigitte wants to stop the wedding at any cost. To do so, she and Richie’s son Michael plan for him to win Anna away from his father. However, Michael is not Anna’s dream man. After Michael’s advances initially fail, Biggi decides to reconcile with Richie shortly before the engagement party. Old memories they share come back to them. Richie arrives late at the engagement party with Biggi, whereupon Anna makes off with Michael. At Michael’s start-up, Anna discovers the Green Future Award his company has received. She is impressed, since she had actually wanted to specialize in environmental law. While Michael demonstrates one of his products using a virtual-reality headset, Anna and Michael grow closer and kiss. Anna still intends to marry Richie, however, and suggests that she and Michael not see each other again until the wedding. When Richie gets the feeling that Anna is distancing herself from him, he turns to his son for advice. Richie suspects another man is behind it. Michael, however, tries to reassure him, saying that all the commotion surrounding the engagement party had become too much for Anna. In front of the civil registrar, Michael, who was supposed to be his father’s witness, finally confesses his love to Anna. The two leave the ceremony and run away together. Instead, Richie gives a concert for his guests with his band and celebrates with Brigitte.

Genres

Comedy

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