Bank manager Frank and award-winning author Patrizia run into each other repeatedly at the airport on their way to Paris. They each suffer important losses there: Patrizia loses her lover Jean Jacques, comatose after a car accident with little hope for recovery; Frank his career after the company Charcuterie Albert, which he planned on merging with a Swiss firm, deceives him with manipulated financial statements. But they also gain something enduring. Patrizia a new friend in Françoise, her lover’s wife with whom she shares her fate, and Frank, to his surprise, the crooked butcher Albert who at least knows one truth: the aroma of his sausages is worth far more than the rustle of imaginary money.
Festivals & Awards
In competition at the Festival des deutschen Films 2013
Project Details
Drama | 2012 | Germany, Luxembourg, France
starring Jessica Schwarz, Hans Werner Meyer, Sandrine Bonnaire, Gerard Jugnot, Thure Lindhardt
Director: Franziska Buch Screenplay: Martin Rauhaus Production: Wüste Film GmbH Hamburg & Wüste Film West GmbH Köln in co-production with NDR, BR in cooperation with ARTE, Iris Productions Luxemburg & Drimages Paris Producer: Ralph Schwingel, Stefan Schubert, Hejo Emons, Nicolas Steil TV editor: Sabine Holtgreve/NDR Casting: Deborah Congia, Children: Iris Baumüller Production manager: Beatrice Hallenbarter Director of Photography: Hagen Bogdanski Sound: Carlo Thoss Production desgin: Ingrid Henn Costume design: Peri de Braganca Make-up artist: Katja Reinert Editing: Andrea Mertens Music: Gast Waltzing Stills photographer: Ricardo Vaz Palma Film funding: Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Filmförderung Hamburg-Schleswig Holstein, with the support of the MEDIA Programme of the European Union Distributor: Farbfilm Verleih World sales: The Match Factory Release: July 11th 2013