Happy End?! (2015)
Lucca is in the middle of her A-level exams, heading for a career as a high-flying lawyer when she is mistakenly accused of criminal damage and sentenced to community service in a hospice. There she meets Valerie who is determined to carry out the last wishes of her friend Herma, despite Hermas son who is only interested in his inheritance. Lucca helps Valerie to kidnap Hermas ashes and they begin a journey which turns Luccas ideas and values upside down.
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A different way of telling a story
Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.
This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.
Not a lot of information on this one from deutschland. Sadly, the official website listed on IMDb for "sistasinspiration.com/happyend/" (the production company that made this) currently gives us Error 404.... Not Found. sad. was trying to research where this has been shown. Hong Kong in 2014. and probably other cities as well. Through a complete misunderstanding, Lucca (Sinha Gierke) is assigned community service in a hospice facility. While there, she meets fellow employee Val (Verena Wüstkamp) who is a lesbian chick on the wild side. They were very close to one of the patients "Herma", who has passed away. the antagonist/ nemesis here seems to be the son of the deceased patient, but Val says she knows better what Herma would have wanted. Val and Lucca make a road trip to fix that. and now Lucca's father, has joined the team trying to stop Lucca & Val. Very pretty scenery of Germany. and SOOOOO many lesbian references... "saw her at the hardware store, in the POWER TOOL section"... leather jackets, motorcycles. Written and directed by Petra Clever; her first full length feature film. She has done a LOT of deutscher TV. Some weird, confrontations with the son, trying to get the mother's ashes back. Those scenes could have been done better. Good sound track. Good story-line, for the most part. Kind of rolls along, some un-even moments, then some surprises near the end. Fun to watch.
Happy End?! (2014) was directed by Petra Clever. It's in German, with English subtitles. Lucca, played by Sinha Gierke, is a young woman whose life has been micromanaged by her domineering father. She is bound for "Harvard Law School." (Not really, because she hasn't been to college. However, you get the point.)Through a (true) miscarriage of justice, she gets convicted of what I assume is a misdemeanor, and has to serve 20 hours of community service at a hospice. It's there that she meets a hospice worker named Valerie, played by Vereena Wustcamp. Valerie is Lucca's opposite--a free spirit who is a (very good) club singer.Valerie has developed a close relationship with one of the hospice residents, Herma. Herma's family is uncaring and avaricious. The story takes off after Herma dies. The question is whether Valerie and Lucca can defy Herma's son and Valerie's father and follow Herma's last wishes. (It sounds trite, but it's actually funny and interesting in the movie.)We saw this film at its East Coast Premiere at the Little Theatre as part of ImageOut, the Rochester LGBT Film festival. It will work well on DVD.