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My Blind Date with Life

2017 · 111 min

A warm, earnest underdog story that balances charm and frustration as a determined young man hides his disability to chase his dream.

Directed by
Marc Rothemund
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Kostja Ullmann, Anna Maria Mühe, Jacob Matschenz
Overview
An ambitious young man struggles to achieve his dream of becoming an employee in a Munich luxury hotel despite being strongly visually impaired.

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Directed by
Marc Rothemund
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Kostja Ullmann, Anna Maria Mühe, Jacob Matschenz
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • ambition
  • deception
  • family
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour5
Realism8
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Marc Rothemund
Written by
Ruth Toma, Oliver Ziegenbalg
Starring
Kostja Ullmann, Anna Maria Mühe, Jacob Matschenz, Ludger Pistor, Michael Grimm, Uwe Preuss, Johann von Bülow, Alexander Held
Runtime
111 min
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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