- Emma's Bliss
"Emma's Bliss" is a 2006 romantic tragic-comedy that takes place in contemporary rural Germany.
The movie, directed by
Sven Taddicken , is based on the novel "Emmas Glück" (now translated into English under the title "Emma's Luck") byClaudia Schreiber . It was filmed in 2005 inGummersbach (Berghausen), Rönsahl, Gimborn bei Marienheide andBergneustadt (a local vehicle displays a license-plate indicating it is from Hochsauerlandkreis in Nordrhein-Westfalen). It was released the following year.Plot
Upon being informed that he is fatally ill with cancer, Max, who works at a used car store, steals over seventy thousand illegally gained money from his boss. His boss sees him, giving chase to Max. Max intentionally crashes the auto. He is pulled unconscious from the destroyed vehicle by a homely young woman, Emma, who lives alone on a farm in the boondocks. She discovers the money and sets the car aflame.
When Max comes to, she tells him that the car has burned and that she took nothing but him from the car before it burst into flames. Max hides from her that he is dying. He also hides from the police, in the form of the near-by village's young officer, Henner, who has had his heart set on marrying Emma. Love blooms between Max and Emma, after some stumbles, such as his finding out that she had taken the money.
Awards
Jürgen Vogel was given the 2007
Bavarian Film Prize award for Best Actor. Jördis Triebel received anUndine Award for Best Young Character Portraitist in 2006.DVD
The film was released on a DVD in 2008 with German soundtrack and Korean subtitles. The running time is listed as 99 minutes (136 minutes total) NTSC format is given as 16:9.
External links
* Review at European-Films.net: http://european-films.net/content/view/659/57/
* [http://www.filmportal.de/df/1a/Uebersicht,,,,,,,,D4A643DF5EEA4EEFAAFFC467A4D80FC3,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.html Filmportal.de]
* [http://www.emmas-glueck.de www.emmas-glueck] .de
* [http://www.film-zeit.de/home.php?action=result&sub=film&info=cinema&film_id=17701 Media reactions at film-zeit.de]
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