1h22 vor dem Ende - von Matthieu Delaporte

In the organizer's words:

"1h22 before the end" is the new black comedy by Matthieu Delaporte, who made a name for himself with the play "The First Name", which has been filmed several times - a Parisian dinner party is blown up by the naming of an invited couple who insist on calling their newborn son Adolf.

1h22 describes the time that the main character Bernard Garde has left. He lives alone in his apartment in Paris and has come to the conclusion that he is not fit for life. In this, he feels almost like a soulmate to the chanson singers he loves so much, such as Dalida or Barbara. Unsentimentally, he contemplates a clean, self-determined exit. He has already canceled his electricity and household insurance and climbs onto the windowsill. Then there's a knock at the door. And the story takes an unexpected turn.

An uninvited guest wants to see the facts and clearly wants to take the decision about the end of Bernard's life out of his hands. The suicide candidate doesn't like this at all and an absurdly funny dialog about the right place, the right moment, the right way and other details begins, during which it soon becomes clear that the guest is clearly not a professional either.

The irony of the story: the guest of all people gets Bernard back on track. He makes sure that he meets the woman he had previously only adored from afar one floor up and suddenly experiences lightness and optimism shortly before the end of his life. Everything he has always missed. With "1h22", Delaporte has succeeded in creating a satirically light, twisty mix of black humor and existential questions, an original and witty speculation about the immediate time before the end and an unconditional plea for life, located somewhere between Ingmar Bergman's drama "The Seventh Seal" and Woody Allen's farce "Death Knocks".

Sebastian Bezzel, whose latest EBERHOFER film REHRAGOUT-RENDEZVOUS is currently touring cinemas, shows alongside Stephan Grossmann, who recently shone again in the TV series FAMILIE BUNTSCHUH, among others, that he has mastered completely different sides to the Bavarian cult policeman. Together, they are an unbeatable pair of comedians who make the situation comedy and linguistic wit of Delaporte's comedy sparkle. At their side is Nadja Petri, the diner Jenny from the DREIGROSCHENOPER.

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