Head Full of Honey (2014)

Before Tilda's parents can put her beloved grandfather in an old people's home due to his progressing Alzheimer disease, she takes him on one last adventure that subliminally threatens to tear her family apart.

Directors:

Til Schweiger, Lars Gmehling (co-director)

Writers:

Hilly Martinek (screenplay), Til Schweiger (screenplay)

Stars:

Pasquale Aleardi, Marco Boriero, Alexa Brunner

6 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Pasquale Aleardi	...	Carabinieri Straßensperre
Marco Boriero	...	Ray-Ban Carabinieri
Alexa Brunner	...	Frau am Bahnsteig 2
Belinda Busch	...	Freundin Sarah
Claudio Caiolo	...	Rezeptionist
Dana Cebulla	...	Dame Zugabteil
Christoph Domanski	...	Unfallzeuge 1
Sahin Eryilmaz	...	Möbelpacker
Thomas Fehlen	...	Zugführer
Samuel Finzi	...	Kellner Venedig
Liane Forestieri	...	Rezeptionistin
Michele Grassi	...	Carabinieri Bahnhof
Jeanette Hain	...	Sarah Rosenbach
Dieter Hallervorden	...	Amandus Rosenbach
Ray Collins' Hot-Club	...	Partyband (as Ray Collins' Hot Club)

Storyline

Its a story about a special love, the love between TILDA and her grandfather AMANDUS. Amandus has Alzheimers. He always was the bon vivant, the humorous and beloved head of the family now he starts acting like a child. Only the ten year old Tilda can deal with him and his disease she looks at it with the eyes of a child and a kind of humour and sensitivity that makes it easier to approach Amandus when he is lost in his new own world. This special connection approaches the disease in a humorous but emotional way, without forgetting about its tragedy.

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Plot Keywords:

old age | senility | part of the body in title | food in title | overalls | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Family

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Germany

Language:

German Italian

Release Date:

25 December 2014 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Head Full of Honey

Filming Locations:

Venice, Veneto, Italy

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$78,127,384

Company Credits

Production Co:

Barefoot Films,Warner Bros.,Seven Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

139 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Remade as Head Full of Honey (2018)

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Soundtracks

Little House
Written by Andreas Kollenbroich
Performed by Ray Collins' Hot-Club

User Reviews

u have got to be kidding

I totally agree with Meta Pomieske and other reviewers who gave this movie one star. I lasted 20 min, may be,just could not take it any longer. First of all nothing is realistic in this movie and it is on the edge of being an absurdous one. The girl was seriously overacting in my opinion,her father a talented actor, was underacting, they made an idiot of the senile grandpa. Everything looked and sounded faked and forced. The movie starts with an underage girl traveling by train with a senile old man hugging a soft toy and it is presented as nothing is wrong with it. Then she allegedly overlooks his absence. Give me a break.