Film Boutique

An upstarting film production is abruptly cancelled by the financiers. But the director tries anyway to realize his movie.

The middle-aged family man Hans-Christian (HC) left by his wife goes to Ireland for a short break with his old friends Wolfgang and Nic. He should win at Guinness bonfires and fishing trips distance to the chaos at home. HC has to learn to say no and need other women, his friends believe, to get rid of his loser habitus. In the already tense situation, old competition fights, outbursts of anger and self-pity quickly come up. And Nic and Wolfgang seem to have needed the time-out almost as much as HC.

A cable car ride through the San Francisco of the early 20th century marks the background that bids farewell to the alleged blessings of capitalism.