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Ob ihr wollt oder nicht

2009 · Drama, Comedy

The film starts with the main character Laura, a young woman with advanced cancer, entering quite upset the home of her parents and claiming to have stopped chemo therapy and having left her husband. The worried parents call the other three adult daughters into the house and they arrive one by one. For the first time in 6 years the entire family is united again. The characters are drawn as tensions rise from old conflicts and as the situation sinks in that Laura might be terminally ill. The movie eventually shifts from a lively sometimes comical beginning into the serious theme of dying and does handle this quite tactfully and moving. While the film touches on many areas surrounding death (including religion, graveyard, care, eutanasia) the main focus is on the transformation of the characters that are thrown out of their busy lifes into this situation, eventually accepting it and dealing with it.

Cast

• Christiane Paul as Susa
• Senta Berger as Dorothea
• Katharina M. Schubert as Laura
• Anna Böger as Coco
• Jan-Gregor Kremp as Peter
• Julia-Maria Köhler as Toni Brühl
• Jan Decleir as Henning Brühl
• Mark Waschke as Paul
• Kilian Schüler as Zach
• Nina Siebertz as Ada
• Huub Stapel as Vater Dietz
• Uwe Rohde as Friedhofswärter Hinrichsen

Details

Director

Ben Verbong

Released

December 9, 2009

Genres

Drama, Comedy

Studio

Elsani Film, 3L Filmproduktion and MMC Independent

Status

Released

TMDB score

4.3 / 10 from 3 votes