Woman Driving, Man Sleeping

Frau fährt, Mann schläft - Zeitreisen: Die Gegenwart

Germany

2004

122 Min

Color

1.85:1

German

Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
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CAST Hannelore Elsner, Karl Kranzkowski, Markus Perschmann, Kathleen Fiedler, Joya Thome, Nicolai Thome, Serpil Turhan, Kim Hartwich, Eva Herzig, Fiona Pinkall, Lynn Hoppe, Hanns Zischler, Manja Doering, Bastian Trost

The seemingly intact life of a family of six is suddenly being threatened by the breakdown and death of their elder son. Sue, a dentist, realizes that something has gone wrong in the relationship with her husband, a philosophy professor. When she decides about a change in life, she understands that it can be quite easy to be happy. A family drama with an unexpected turn. —Kinowelt

Director

Rudolf Thome

Born in Wallau/Lahn (now Biedenkopf) on 14.11.1939; took final school examinations at a Christian boarding school in Gaienhofen near Lake Constance in 1960. Took up studies in German language and literature, philosophy and history in Munich and in Bonn in 1960. Following a trip to Paris, he began writing his first film reviews for the newspaper Bonner Generalanzeiger in 1962. Moved to Munich, where he began writing articles for the periodicals Filmkritik and Film as well as for the Süddeutscher Zeitung. In 1964 he collaborated with Max Zihlmann and Klaus Lemke on his first short film and became managing director of the Munich Film Critics’ Club in 1965. Worked as a loans consultant for the building society Neue Heimstatt and broke off his dissertation on Albert Paris Gütersloh’s novel Sonne und Mond to make his first full-length feature film; moved to Berlin in 1973 where he wrote film reviews for the newspaper Der Tagesspiegel and the magazine, Hobo. Also worked for the Freunde der… read more