As Green As It Gets (2018)

  • AA
  • 08/31/2018 (AT)
  • Comedy, Drama
  • 1h 58m

A grumpy and unfulfilled gardener regains curiosity, peace, and a life worth living for when he embarks on an unexpected journey in his small plane.

Overview

Georg "Schorsch" Kempter is a gardener in a small Bavarian town, working day-in, day-out in his nursery, which is facing bankruptcy. He doesn't like to talk much. He never has. His marriage has long lost all its magic and on top of that, he has trouble to connect with his daughter. Only when he is flying in his own rickety biplane, Schorsch feels truly free. When the owner of the local golf course tries to cheat Schorsch for his money, claiming the shade of green of the grass Schorsch has planted on the golf course is not right, insolvency seems unavoidable. So just when his airplane is about to be impounded, Schorsch grabs the control stick and flies away in an attempt to save his plane and himself. He embarks onto a journey into the unknown, to places he has never seen before, full of odd and special encounters - and with every take-off and every landing, this tough man's heart slowly warms up to what you might call an idea of happiness.

Gernot Gricksch

Writer

Jockel Tschiersch

Novel

Florian Gallenberger

Director, Writer

Cast

Elmar Wepper's headshot

Elmar Wepper

Schorsch Kempter
Emma Bading's headshot

Emma Bading

Philomena
Monika Baumgartner's headshot

Monika Baumgartner

Monika Kempter
Dagmar Manzel's headshot

Dagmar Manzel

Hannah
Ulrich Tukur's headshot

Ulrich Tukur

Richard von Zeydlitz
Sunnyi Melles's headshot

Sunnyi Melles

Evelyn von Zeydlitz
Karolina Horster's headshot

Karolina Horster

Miriam Kempter
Gudrun Ritter's headshot

Gudrun Ritter

Ellen von Zeydlitz

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