Väter (2002)
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Sebastian Blomberg, Maria Schrader, Ezra-Valentin Lenz, Ulrich Noethen
As a marital crisis builds, six-year-old Benny is caught in the stress between his architect father and teacher mother.
The story
Architect Marco and teacher Melanie are married, and their life seems fine on the surface, but a crisis is building between them. Their six-year-old son, Benny, has to endure the stress of his parents’ conflict every day.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
The architect Marco and the teacher Melanie are married. Everything seems perfectly fine on the surface, but a crisis is building between them. Their six-year-old son Benny has to endure his parents’ stress every day. When it all becomes too much, Melanie leaves her husband and takes Benny with her. Marco is deeply affected, and even his affair with his colleague Ilona offers him only brief comfort. The family court grants Melanie temporary custody of her child. Marco does everything he can to see Benny as often as possible. The pressure in his personal life also affects his work, and poor decisions make the situation worse.
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