Messy Christmas

Nov 22, 2007

1h 36m

★ 5.3

Overview

A holiday celebration with the extended family gets stretched to the breaking point in this comedy from Germany. Sara is happily married to Jan, though this wasn't always the case -- Sara is Jan's second wife, while Sara has three ex-husbands, Gunnar, Andi and Erich, and she and Jan are raising children from each of their previous marriages. Jan is less than thrilled with the prospect of spending the holidays with Sara's mother, but things get worse when he learns his wife has planned a surprise for Christmas eve -- they'll be joined by Gunnar, Andi and Erich, as well as Erich's new wife Pauline, Andi's current spouse Rita and his own ex-wife, Eva. To call the atmosphere uncomfortable is an understatement, and things only get worse when Sara announces she's pregnant, which is quite troubling for Jan since he's been waiting for the right time to tell her he had a vasectomy several months before.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

ARD

X Filme Creative Pool

ARTE

ARTE France Cinéma

WDR

Label Télé

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Cast

Sara

Martina Gedeck

Jan

Heino Ferch

Rita

Jasmin Tabatabai

Pauline

Meret Becker

Erich

Rainer Sellien

Andi

Roeland Wiesnekker

Eva

Rosa Enskat

Gunnar

Andreas Windhuis

Thomas

Matthias Matschke

Anne

Ursula Doll

Isabell

Alexandra Neldel

Inge

Petra Kelling

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