The late bloomers 2 - Heaven should wait
| Movie | |
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| Original title | The late bloomers 2 - Heaven should wait |
| Country of production | Germany , Austria |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2013 |
| length | 88 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK without age restriction |
| Rod | |
| Director | Wolfgang Murnberger |
| script | Uli Brée |
| production |
Danny Krausz Kurt Stocker |
| music | Stefan Bernheimer |
| camera | Peter von Haller |
| cut |
Alarich Lenz Benedikt Rubey |
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Die Spätzünder 2 - Heaven should wait is the continuation of the German-Austrian comedy Die Spätzünder from 2010, also directed by Wolfgang Murnberger . The main actors of the first film ( Jan Josef Liefers , Ursula Strauss , Joachim Fuchsberger and Bibiana Zeller ) also played in the sequel. New this was among other Dieter Hallervorden . The television film was first broadcast on October 23, 2013 in Erste as part of the FilmMittwoch series on Erste .
action
It's been three years now. The "late bloomers" are increasingly drained and weakened by their tours, so they take a break and return to the home. Marina is now its director. She is expecting a child from her relationship with Rocco. But this relationship is put to the test again and again, as Rocco takes too little responsibility from Marina's point of view. To make matters worse, the interest in Rocco's band, the “Pacemakers”, has also declined. The CDs are slow-moving and Rocco's attempt to record a new CD with his producer fails, as does the attempt to get a loan from the bank because he and Mr. Klüger invested the band's income on the stock exchange incorrectly has lost everything.
Even the senior citizens of the home don't really feel like joining the band and would rather become more independent and take on responsibility again. This idea of freedom is also triggered by the way of life, reminiscent of the flower power period at the end of the 1960s, which the new resident Sandra displays, who does not shy away from growing cannabis plants in her room.
As a result, the residents' idea grows to escape the persistent tutelage and to want to run the home in self-administration, with everyone taking on tasks according to their former occupation. The former director of the home, Ms. Glück, now has a leading position in the ministry and has to decide on this application. Of course, she has never forgotten that the residents made sure that she had to step down as the home manager. From now on she will do everything possible to restore the conditions in the home to the old state and to nip any rebellion of the "late bloomers" in the bud. The first thing she does is suspend Marina because she has let too much pass in the state-run home. The “old people” then occupy the home and make this public in the media. Subsequently, Mr. Schagowetz wants to buy the retirement home from the band's income. He does not know that the money is no longer available. The money hurriedly collected from all residents is not enough either. It is then Rocco who has the saving idea to let the seniors perform together with the well-known rapper Sido with their new song “Der Himmel shall Wait”, which then becomes a hit again.
reception
Audience rating
The first broadcast of Die Spätzünder 2 - Heaven should wait on October 23, 2013, the film reached 6.6 million viewers and 20.8 percent of the total market share for the first .
Reviews
Rainer Tittelbach from tittelbach.tv says appreciatively: “'Die Spätzünder', the surprise rate hit 2010, gets a second infusion and it is much weaker. The story takes a long time to reach the comfort level. Not clever dialogues, only old age, esoteric and hippie clichés tumble. "
With Odds Meter one is of the opinion: “Although a large part of the film deals with how the seniors, shaking their heads, endure their tutelage and then fight for their freedom bit by bit (which Murnberger tells with an amiable, calm humor that has a touch of melancholy "Die Spätzünder 2" is not a problem film. "So the" warm moments that are inserted between hippie clichés and music comedy sequences [...] are not out of place, but rather help 'Die Spätzünder 2' to preserve a fate as a quirky ARD TV comedy with no added value. Not least thanks to the committed performances of Dieter Hallervorden as the stubborn, sad loner and Joachim Fuchsberger as the cheerful leader. "
“With a wink, the film calls for people not to let themselves down in old age and to carry on.” And you learn how “difficult it can be for old people to be recognized as full and responsible members of society despite their ailments want to be treated at infant level. "
The TV Spielfilm editorial team gave the crime thriller a “thumbs up” without comment.
Web links
- The late bloomer 2 - The Heaven Can Wait in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- daserste.de: The late bloomers 2 - Heaven should wait ( Memento from October 18, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Rainer Tittelbach : Liefers, Strauss, Fuchsberger, Hallervorden, Murnberger. Gereatric anarchy ?! Film review at tittelbach.tv, accessed on February 6, 2017.
- ^ Film review at quotenmeter.de, accessed on February 6, 2017.
- ↑ ' The late bloomers 2 - Heaven should wait at focus.de , accessed on February 6, 2017.
- ↑ TV Spielfilm : Film review at TV-Spielfilm.de, accessed on February 6, 2017.