Summary:
German dramatic comedy centered on the point of view of its protagonist, with its superimposition of reality and fantasy, in a story that to its creative flashes and a dry and ironic German humor adds a growing melancholy and a certain weirdness.
Review
In this German dramatic comedy, Helene is a rather lost, irresponsible, job-unstable young woman who lies to maintain and strengthen some ties and with a great imagination that at times overlaps fantasy and reality. This translates into the original narrative and temporal structure of the series, where the viewer must be attentive to distinguish one from the other.
In this way, Helene relates to her young father, with a successful influencer friend whom she loves and deeply envy (the scenes of both are among the funniest in the series, with her darts against that youtuber world), a new love interest , his mother and stepfather. Her relationship with her parents and her stepfather is enriched by a series of dryly humorous flashbacks where an imperturbable child Helene is determined to intervene in the face of a marriage in crisis.
As the series progresses with its brief chapters, its dry and ironic German humor and its creative flashes, a growing melancholy and a rarefied narrative takes shape, which nevertheless retains all its coherence and where on several occasions it resorts to classical music. Very effectively.
Mala Emde gives her Helene all the charm necessary to accompany her in her controversial behaviors and decisions, supported by a cast that gives her characters the right tone.
German dramatic comedy centered on the point of view of its protagonist, with its superimposition of reality and fantasy, in a story that to its creative flashes and a dry and ironic German humor adds a growing melancholy and a certain weirdness.
Review
In this German dramatic comedy, Helene is a rather lost, irresponsible, job-unstable young woman who lies to maintain and strengthen some ties and with a great imagination that at times overlaps fantasy and reality. This translates into the original narrative and temporal structure of the series, where the viewer must be attentive to distinguish one from the other.
In this way, Helene relates to her young father, with a successful influencer friend whom she loves and deeply envy (the scenes of both are among the funniest in the series, with her darts against that youtuber world), a new love interest , his mother and stepfather. Her relationship with her parents and her stepfather is enriched by a series of dryly humorous flashbacks where an imperturbable child Helene is determined to intervene in the face of a marriage in crisis.
As the series progresses with its brief chapters, its dry and ironic German humor and its creative flashes, a growing melancholy and a rarefied narrative takes shape, which nevertheless retains all its coherence and where on several occasions it resorts to classical music. Very effectively.
Mala Emde gives her Helene all the charm necessary to accompany her in her controversial behaviors and decisions, supported by a cast that gives her characters the right tone.