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Toni Erdmann
GERMANY · 2016

Toni Erdmann

Maren Ade
father-daughter relationship work-life balance humor as communication personal reinvention cultural displacement
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Synopsis

Convinced that his daughter has forgotten how to laugh, a father shows up unannounced while she's living abroad and bombards her with outrageous jokes.

Cinema Atlas Connection
I saw 'Toni Erdmann,' and I was like, 'Oh, okay, you can actually go into an art-world setting and be critical of it, without losing a broader audience'.

What I really like, for example, is the first part of Bergman's Scenes from a Marriage. The characters talk for 45 minutes straight and they are absolutely brilliant.

— Maren Ade  ·  Film Comment interview: Comedy and Crisis: Maren Ade on Toni Erdmann
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