My Blind Date With Life (2017)

An ambitious young man struggles to achieve his dream of becoming an employee in a Munich luxury hotel despite being strongly visually impaired.

Director:

Marc Rothemund

Writers:

Oliver Ziegenbalg (screenplay), Ruth Toma (screenplay)

Stars:

Kostja Ullmann, Jacob Matschenz, Anna Maria Mühe

3 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Kostja Ullmann	...	Saliya Kahawatte
Jacob Matschenz	...	Max
Anna Maria Mühe	...	Laura
Johann von Bülow	...	Kleinschmidt
Alexander Held	...	Fried
Nilam Farooq	...	Sheela
Sylvana Krappatsch	...	Dagmar
Michael A. Grimm	...	Küchenchef Krohn
Kida Khodr Ramadan	...	Hamid
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Johanna Bittenbinder	...	Hausdame
Rouven Blessing	...	Apprentice
Henry Buchmann	...	Hotel Guest
Samira El Ouassil	...	Jala Asgari
Ricardo Ewert	...	Student
Herbert Forthuber	...	Herr Kolditz (5* Hotel Guest) (as Herbert Forthuber)

Storyline

An ambitious young man struggles to achieve his dream of becoming an employee in a Munich luxury hotel despite being strongly visually impaired.

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Plot Keywords:

male objectification | female on male rape | raped man | male rape victim | female rapist | 

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Genres:

Biography | Comedy | Drama

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Did You Know?

Trivia

The film is based on the autobiographical book by Saliya Kahawatte.

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Soundtracks

Time with You
Performed by Marc Robillard

User Reviews

A must see true story, poignant and funny

As an British born person, it's not every day you see a German or even foreign movie, let alone write a review for one. But after watching this sweet movie I felt compelled to tell the world to watch it. This movie is the story of a half Sri Lankan boy who dreams of working for a five star hotel. His life ambitions are sadly broken when his retina detaches and he becomes partially blind. He can't go to university. After further being rejected for apprenticeships due to his disability, he then sets about getting a job by spoofing that he fully sighted. As with the stories about blind people, the scenario makes for comical effects. But it is matched in equal parts by the heroism of the protagonist, the sadness and poignancy of the situation, the complexity and joy of the human relations in the background. A sweet feel good movie, made so much better by knowing that it's true. We were lucky enough to find this movie on Amazon Prime, I hope with widescale distribution others will enjoy this as much as our family did.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Germany] Official site [Japan]

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Release Date:

26 January 2017 (Germany)

Also Known As:

5パーセントの奇跡　嘘から始まる素敵な人生

Filming Locations:

Prannerstrasse, Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$5,276,805

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ziegler Cinema, SevenPictures Film, StudioCanal

Technical Specs

Runtime:

111 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1