Samba in Mettmann (2004)

Olaf Kischewski runs the “Fleck weg” laundromat with his father, Benno. Father, son, and grandfather lead a respectable, middle-class, sometimes stuffy life. One day, three young Brazilian women burst into the small town of Mettmann—and into the Kischewskis’ lives. Felicidade, one of the Brazilian women, had actually intended to marry Wolfgang Pfeffer, the son and heir of Mrs. Pfeffer, owner of a thriving brewery. But Mrs. Pfeffer thought Felicidade wasn’t good enough for her son. She has Felicidade and her two bridesmaids kidnapped and dumped in the middle of Mettmann. Out of pity, Olaf takes the three women home with him. But Olaf already has enough worries of his own: his fiancée, Vera, won’t sleep with him again until after they’re married, because for some time she has been attending classes taught by Anthony, an American peace activist and self-proclaimed guru who preaches abstinence before marriage. Eventually, Olaf Kischewski, his friend Ralf, and Olaf’s grandfather decide to break into the Pfeffers’ home to retrieve the women’s belongings. Wolfgang Pfeffer is currently entertaining his former lover, Ursel Rehbein, and his current lover, Juliane Wollberg, who is smoking a cigarette on the balcony, when Ursel tells Wolfgang that she is pregnant with his child. This upsets Wolfgang, who has a weak heart, so much that he suffers a heart attack. Meanwhile, Olaf and Alegra break into the house and retrieve the three Brazilian women’s belongings. Alegra is still furious with Wolfgang because she believes he had the three women kidnapped. She finds him on the bed and beats him when she realizes he is dead. Olaf, Alegra, and the others quickly flee. It becomes clear that Alegra did not murder Felicidade’s former fiancé, and it eventually emerges that Felicidade is transgender, which is why Pfeffer did not want to marry her. At the end of the film, Vera and Olaf, Benno and Felicidade, Ursel Rehbein and Anthony, and many more characters get married. Alegra comes out of the church alone and catches all the bridal bouquets.