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.

Доктор Максимилиан Пфайффер, которому чуть за сорок, разведен, работает судьей. Коллеги ценят его как корректного чиновника и прежде всего как неустанного преследователя сексуальных преступников. Но сам он отдает предпочтение несовершеннолетним девушкам. Семейная пара шадевальд, которая имеет институт брака для клиентов с очень особыми сексуальными желаниями, проигрывает ему видеокассету, чтобы угодить ему. Видео принадлежит Марион, их адвокату и одному из их клиентов. На видео также можно увидеть ее 13-летнюю дочь Сандру. Он начинает проявлять интерес к девочке-подростку и крадет любовь матери, чтобы приблизиться к ней. Сандра хорошенькая, умная и уверенная в себе. Конечно, ей нравится новый друг ее матери. Она очарована его ослепительными манерами, его внешностью и властностью. Во время отпуска в Испании подавленные тенденции судьи все чаще берут верх.