AS GREEN AS IT GETS
synopsis
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.
international title: | As Green as It Gets |
original title: | Grüner wird's nicht, sagte der Gärtner und flog davon |
country: | Germany |
sales agent: | Beta Cinema |
year: | 2018 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Florian Gallenberger |
film run: | 116' |
release date: | DE 30/08/2018 |
screenplay: | Gernot Gricksch, Florian Gallenberger |
cast: | Elmar Wepper, Dagmar Manzel, Ulrich Tukur, Sunnyi Melles, Monika Baumgartner, Emma Bading, Nils Hohenhövel |
cinematography by: | Daniela Knapp |
film editing: | Sven Budelmann |
art director: | Erwin Prib |
costumes designer: | Frauke Firl |
music: | Enis Rotthoff |
producer: | Benjamin Herrmann |
line producer: | Buelent Nacaksiz |
production: | Majestic Filmproduktion, ARD Degeto Film GMBH |
distributor: | Majestic Filmverleih |