Happy Burnout (2017)

An unemployed with diagnosed burn-out is getting a therapy in a clinic.

Director:

André Erkau

Writers:

Gernot Gricksch (screenplay), Michael Eckelt (idea)

Stars:

Torben Liebrecht, Marleen Lohse, Kostja Ullmann

Cast

Credited cast:
Torben Liebrecht	...	Anatol
Marleen Lohse	...	Nelly
Kostja Ullmann	...	Datty
Anke Engelke	...	Alexandra
Wotan Wilke Möhring	...	Andreas 'Fussel' Poschka
Julia Koschitz	...	Merle
Michael Wittenborn	...	Günther
Ulrike Krumbiegel	...	Dr. Gunst
Victoria Trauttmansdorff	...	Frau Linde
Ramona Kunze-Libnow	...	Frau Pasternak
Leslie Malton	...	Petra
Christine Schorn
André Erkau	...	Herr Rekau
Lo Rivera	...	Hülya
Kathrin Angerer	...	Rosi Röhn

Storyline

Fussel is a 40something Punk who never worked in his life. Depending on the social welfare system, he is forced to play a Burnout in a clinic, to receive welfare. He befriends some of the other inmates and try to help them. He has a daughter, who lives with her grandma, because her mother is dead. He tries to become a better father, but the grandma didnt trust him. At the end he must face his rotten life to become a good man.

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Plot Keywords:

therapy | 

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Taglines:

Er hatte nie einen Beruf ... Jetzt hat er eine Berufung. (He never had a job... Now he has a calling.)

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Genres:

Comedy

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Did You Know?

Connections

References Escape from Alcatraz (1979)

User Reviews

Feel good

Burnout is a serious illness. But what would movies be, if not something to cheer us up, even about something as sad and curious as this? Exactly and while the cliches are smelling quite bad, the overall tone is nice and the actors are really giving it their best.

So if you like a bit of drama mixed in with your comedy, you could do far worse. Predictable from every and any angle you watch it, this still should be able to make you chuckle along the way. Decent effort overall and achieving what it sets out to do

Details

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Release Date:

27 April 2017 (Germany)

Filming Locations:

Hamburg, Germany

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,645,234

Company Credits

Production Co:

Riva Filmproduktion

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1