Toni Erdmann

Winfrid is a former music teacher. Unfortunately, he does not have a good relationship with his adult daughter. Ines is a business consultant and she is working on a very serious project in Bucharest. Her father came up with the idea to come to his daughter to cheer her up, joke with her, bring some positivity into her life. But Ines is very dissatisfied with this and asks her father to fly back to Germany. Then Winfried becomes a completely different person - business coach Tony Erdmann. If this change does not help the father and daughter become closer, then there is no hope. Read more The film was directed by Maren Ade. She is the winner of the "Silver Bear" in 2009 at the Berlin Film Festival for the film "Passion Knows No Barriers". The role of Winfried was played by the Austrian actor Peter Simonishek. He is known for his participation in Timeless: The Ruby Book (2013) and Timeless 2: The Sapphire Book (2014). The film also stars: Sandra Hüller (Requiem (2006, Silver Bear) for Best Actress), Thomas Loibl (3096 Days (2013)), Tristan Puttera (Anonymous, War Horse (both 2011), Guardian Angel (2012)). The premiere of the film took place on May 14, 2015 at the Cannes Film Festival. It was nominated for an Oscar in 2017 as "Best Foreign Language Film". Film critics at http://www.metacritic.com gave the film a score of 94/100, and https://www.rottentomatoes.com has 93% positive reviews (140 out of 151).