Paul Frielinghaus

Anette and Carla’s rebellious nature and sense of humor have kept the two self-confident women connected for years. The current societal shift to the right and the fact that they as women - and now older women - are pushed to the edge of society, really gets to them. Unflinchingly, they use their alleged state to do what many wouldn’t have the guts to do…

TANTALUM - A film against children's slavery in rare earth mines in the Republic of Congo. TANTALUM - Two raw material traders have a negotiation of prices on the phone. Little by little they get disturbed in a strange and unexpected way.

Marco and Melanie, a young married couple, are living a life of passion, chaos, and all the little frustrations of everyday existence. Their love for each other seems like a beacon on heavy seas. But career pressure, burned toast, and dirty laundry are eroding all tenderness, and they never seem to find enough time for their six-year-old son, Benny, either. Their world is about to fall apart when Melanie moves out, taking Benny with her. She files for divorce, and Marco makes a decision that is not only going to change his own life. He suddenly discovers his own unique way of being a father … I’m the Father is a modern portrait of a generation which appears to fail its own ambitions: After all, how do you combine a job, children, love and all the other challenges of everyday life – without giving yourself up in the process? And then what happens when positions become entrenched and a divorce seems inevitable?

Linda Lano loves her job in an advertising agency and she also loves the men. But most men think of them as machos, as does charming big business Mike Badon. She expresses this bluntly and thus puts the success of their agency on the line. The widowed Mike is intrigued by the idiosyncratic Linda. When it sparks between the two, however, the attractive Susanne Badon appears. Since Linda misses the supposedly faithless Mike the pass. Linda only realizes that Susanne is Mike's younger sister when it's almost too late.

Dr. Maximilian Pfeiffer, in his early 40s, divorced, is a judge. He is valued by his colleagues as a correct official and above all as a relentless pursuer of sex offenders. But he himself has a preference for underage girls. Schadewald couple, who has a marriage institute for clients with very special sex wishes plays him a videotape to please him. The video belongs to Marion, their lawyer and one of their clients. On the video her 13-year-old daughter Sandra can also be seen. He begins to take an interest in the teenage girl and steals the love of the mother to approach her. Sandra is pretty, intelligent and self-confident. Of course she likes her mother's new friend. She is fascinated by his dazzling manners, his looks and the authority. During a holiday in Spain, the repressed tendencies of the judge are increasingly gaining the upper hand.