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We Are Getting Divorced

1968 · 91 min

A gentle, wry look at family life that balances light comedy with sincere emotion, easy to watch and quietly thoughtful.

Directed by
Ingrid Reschke
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Monika Gabriel, Dieter Wien, Angelika Waller
Overview
Monika and Johannes are married. With increasing frequency, their son Manni becomes the focus of their arguments. Since the two cannot agree to a compromise, they decide to break up. The ten-year-old Manni is supposed to spend four weeks with Monika followed by four weeks with Johannes on an alternating basis. They want to prove to each other who has the better parenting skills. The plan fails, however, because Manni is very good at playing his parents off against each other. When Monika and Johannes finally see through their son’s game, they realize that their way of life does not lead to better parenting and they conclude that good parenting can only be achieved if they work together.

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Directed by
Ingrid Reschke
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Monika Gabriel, Dieter Wien, Angelika Waller
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • parenthood
  • identity
  • love
  • betrayal
Places
  • home
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism8
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Ingrid Reschke
Written by
Rudi Strahl, Kurt Belicke, Ingrid Reschke
Starring
Monika Gabriel, Dieter Wien, Angelika Waller, Reiner Schöne, Martin Grunert, Brigitte Krause, Gerhard Bienert, Martin Hellberg
Runtime
91 min
Country
East Germany, Germany
Languages
German

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