Frau2 sucht HappyEnd (2001)

Director:

Edward Berger

Writer:

Edward Berger (writer)

Release Date:

11 January 2001 (Germany)

Genre:

Romance

Tagline:

Zwei, die füreinander bestimmt sind, finden sich trotzdem.

Plot Keywords:

Remake | Melodrama

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Isabella Parkinson	...	Mai Winter
Ben Becker	...	Gregor Reuther
Catrin Striebeck	...	Lily Hartmann
Michael Gwisdek	...	Theo Feldkamp
Nicolas von Wackerbarth	...	Nick Seifert
Nele Mueller-Stöfen	...	Anne Kampe
Hermine Huntgeburth	...	Ärztin
Stefan Kurt	...	Arndt Baer
Sabrina Setlur	...	Lea
Bruno Cathomas	...	Franz
Alexandra Senger	...	Frau in Bar
Jacki Engelken	...	Gitarrist
Ulrik Spies	...	Schlagzeuger
Fetisch Bergmann	...	DJ (as Fetisch)
Edgar Berger	...	Journalist

Also Known As:

Female2 Seeks Happy End (Germany) (Berlin film festival title)
Frau 2 sucht HappyEnd (Germany) (alternative spelling)

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

Germany | Switzerland

Language:

German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Company:

Tobis StudioCanal

Movie Connections:

Remake of Cheob-sok (1997)

Soundtrack:

How can we hang on to a dream

More melancholy than you can possibly bear

This movie looks like a pure exercise in style. Someone must have thought that the more close-ups of ashtrays or coffee cups you can add to your movie (from weird angles and/or out of focus), the more intellectual appeal it gets.

This film is about two people who meet in an Internet chat room, are more or less destined for each other, but, to quote Roger Ebert, try to avoid happiness as long as possible; will they finally meet? (Right; you guessed it.)

I liked the basic outline of the plot, but there were just to many scenes of people sitting with their heads propped up on their hands, staring into their overflowing ashtrays, drinking heavily, and looking sooo depressed.

I'm not trying to poke fun at someone who's lonely or rejected, but the makers of this movie spent way to much effort at expressing their intentions in wonderful pictures; many of the shots are really beautiful, but there are just to many of them, and after a while you (I, that is) want to yell "alright, I know what you want to express, now let's move on with the plot".

As I said, the movie looks great, I liked the actors, and if you're in the right mood and don't mind a bit of exaggeration you'll possibly like it.