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Film · 10 connectionsSingle mother Marlene Frischmann organizes a birthday party for her son Theo at her brother's chic country villa, which quickly spirals into family drama, world-view quarrels, and chaos.
Directed byVanessa Jopp
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2024 · 113 min · Comedy
Marion and Andi thought they were happily divorced until their old love unexpectedly reignites during a family vacation with their son Milan.
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2017 · 90 min · Comedy
A young woman returns home and must confront her ex-boyfriend when an unexpected tragedy occurs.
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2024 · 104 min · Comedy
After getting pregnant from a one-night stand, a single woman leans on her married best friend and mother of two to guide her through gestation and beyond.
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2026 · 119 min · Drama
A tragedy brings a mother, daughter, and teenage boy together. Struggling with blame and forgiveness, the unlikely trio take a trip to Tenerife for a family holiday that never happened. Under the glow of the sun, past and present quietly start to overlap.
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2019 · 90 min · Comedy
A commitment-phobic 27-year old’s relationship is put to the test when she and her boyfriend attend 7 weddings in the same year.
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2022 · 105 min · Comedy
With his family away, a devoted stay-at-home dad enjoys his first me time in years by joining his hard-partying old friend on a wild birthday adventure.
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2017 · 92 min · Comedy · Drama
Therese, the mayor's wife in a Lebanese village, joyfully prepares for an overnight visit of her daughter's suitor and his parents. She excitedly shares the happy news of the engagement with pictures of her beloved brother who was killed by a Syrian bomb 20 years ago and is still bizarrely present in every corner of her house. Only when the long-awaited guests are at her doorstep, she discovers they are Syrian; this engagement will only happen over Therese's dead body!
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2018 · 94 min · Comedy
Although he actually just wanted to steal money, the crook Denis finds himself in the position of caretaking for the stroke patient Raimund. When Raimund's granddaughter Charlotte turns up, Denis has enough of it and wants to skip. But because of an huge blizzard, escape is unimaginable.
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2023 · 90 min · Comedy
Encouraged by his girlfriend Ellie, Sebastian and his Italian immigrant father, Salvo, spend the 4th of July weekend with her wealthy and exceedingly eccentric family. The gathering soon develops into a culture clash, allowing father and son to discover the true meaning of family.
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2020 · 103 min · Comedy
After a prank blows up a studious high school senior's life, he shares a list of certain things he wishes he'd done differently — and maybe still can.
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