Der Vorname (2018)
13KDer Vorname: Directed by Sönke Wortmann. With Christoph Maria Herbst, Florian David Fitz, Caroline Peters, Justus von Dohnányi. Stephan (Christoph Maria Herbst) and his wife Elisabeth (Caroline Peters) organize a dinner in their house in Bonn. Invited are family friend René (Justus von Dohnányi), Thomas (Florian David Fitz) and his pregnant girlfriend Anna (Janina Uhse). But the parents of an unborn boy make sure that the evening planned as a cozy get-together suddenly gets out of hand: they announce that they want to call their child Adolf and thus cause a scandal.
“I saw this movie during a trans-Atlantic flight. This is a German comedy-of-errors centered around a family memberu0026#39;s desire to name their new child, u0026quot;Adolph.u0026quot; This desire causes horror and disgust in the family, but it also exposes the very fragile bonds which exist among the family members. Who says Germans have no sense of humor? The script is witty, the repartee between antagonistic members in these families is genuinely funny, and the surprises we learn about their family secrets are unexpected but do not break the audienceu0026#39;s necessary suspension of disbelief. It is an interesting look into German middle class life which does not always receive. Much recommended.”
