The Pursuit of Unhappiness
Tiffany Blechschmid is neurotic, dreamy, superstitious, contradictory, and single. It's no wonder that the twenty-something's Berlin deli sells homemade fortune cookies, even though she herself is deeply suspicious of happiness. So far, every feeling of happiness in her life has been followed by disaster. But what does happiness mean? Why is everyone so crazy about it? What does love have to do with happiness? And why do we keep tripping ourselves up on the road to happiness, even when the man of our dreams suddenly and unexpectedly appears?
Maternal advice from beyond the grave, nervous cats, floating concert grand pianos, herds of cows in big city traffic, self-centered would-be lovers, slipped kisses and a painful secret: Based on the bestseller of the same name by Paul Watzlawick, screenwriter and director Sherry Hormann ("Desert Flower," "To err is masculine") uses images of tender fantasy and surprising wit to tell a longing and stirringly upbeat romantic comedy full of melancholy overtones.
Producer: Peter Herrmann
Director and screenplay: Sherry Hormann
Cinematography: Wojciech Szepel
Editing: Sandy Saffeels, Clara Fabry
Music: Stéphane Moucha, Maurus Ronner
Cast:
Johanna Wokalek: Tiffany Blechschmid
Iris Berben: Tiffany's mother
Richy Müller: Hans Luboschinski
David Kross: Benno
Benjamin Sadler: Frank Henne
Itay Tiran: Thomas Paulson
Michael Gwisdek: Paul Katharina
Marie Schubert: Rita Margarita
Broich: Luise Rüdiger
Vogler: Tiffany's father
Tiffany Blechschmid is neurotic, dreamy, superstitious, contradictory, and single. It's no wonder that the twenty-something's Berlin deli sells homemade fortune cookies, even though she herself is deeply suspicious of happiness. So far, every feeling of happiness in her life has been followed by disaster. But what does happiness mean? Why is everyone so crazy about it? What does love have to do with happiness? And why do we keep tripping ourselves up on the road to happiness, even when the man of our dreams suddenly and unexpectedly appears?
Maternal advice from beyond the grave, nervous cats, floating concert grand pianos, herds of cows in big city traffic, self-centered would-be lovers, slipped kisses and a painful secret: Based on the bestseller of the same name by Paul Watzlawick, screenwriter and director Sherry Hormann ("Desert Flower," "To err is masculine") uses images of tender fantasy and surprising wit to tell a longing and stirringly upbeat romantic comedy full of melancholy overtones.
Producer: Peter Herrmann
Director and screenplay: Sherry Hormann
Cinematography: Wojciech Szepel
Editing: Sandy Saffeels, Clara Fabry
Music: Stéphane Moucha, Maurus Ronner
Cast:
Johanna Wokalek: Tiffany Blechschmid
Iris Berben: Tiffany's mother
Richy Müller: Hans Luboschinski
David Kross: Benno
Benjamin Sadler: Frank Henne
Itay Tiran: Thomas Paulson
Michael Gwisdek: Paul Katharina
Marie Schubert: Rita Margarita
Broich: Luise Rüdiger
Vogler: Tiffany's father
