Wellness for couples

Movie
Original title	Wellness for couples
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	2016
length	93 minutes
Rod
Director	Jan Georg Schütte
script	Jan Georg Schütte
production	Michael Eckelt
music	Florian Tessloff
camera	Oliver Schwabe
cut	Ulf Albert
occupation
Magdalena Boczarska : Kasa Truszkiewicz Devid Striesow : Jan Erik Schult Gabriela Maria Schmeide : Michaela Ellerbrook Michael Wittenborn : Heinz-Peter Ellerbrook Katharina Marie Schubert : Maren Schnettler Martin Brambach : Dirk Krakow Anke Engelke : Therese Pönsgen Sebastian Blomberg : Thomas Leber Anneke Kim Sarnau : Nina Hell Bjarne Mädel : Malte Hell Martha Nelle : therapist Martin Horn : Therapist Jörg Pannenbäcker : Therapist Jan Georg Schütte: Receptionist

Wellness for Couples is an experimental German comedy film by Jan Georg Schütte from 2016. The predominantly improvised ensemble film was first broadcast in Germany on November 23, 2016 on Erste .

action

Five middle-aged couples take part in professionally led couple conversations as part of a wellness weekend in a castle hotel .

background

The film was shot on the basis of character profiles without a developed script . None of the actors knew which topics their film partners and therapists would bring up in the sessions and how they would react to what happened.

The film was shot for exactly 48 hours with 21 cameramen at Gartrop Castle in Münsterland . The director himself took on the role of hotel manager.

reception

Awards

• Ensemble Award of the German Actor Award 2017

literature

• Franziska Schuster: Sex, desire for children, loyalty. Frankfurter Rundschau , accessed on March 14, 2018 . 
• Christian Buß: My wife wants sex, unfortunately not with me. Der Spiegel , accessed on March 14, 2018 . 
• David Denk: Wellness weekend in the castle hotel, including couples therapy. Süddeutsche Zeitung , accessed on March 14, 2018 . 
• Elmar Krekeler: When Anke Engelke no longer wanted a child. Die Welt , accessed on March 14, 2018 . 

Web links

• Wellness for couples in the film portal
• Wellness for couples in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lünen Cinema Festival | Wellness for couples. Retrieved March 14, 2018 . 
2. ↑ WDR: ARD / WDR film "Wellness for Couples" receives ensemble award of the German Actor Award 2017 - Press Lounge - WDR. September 14, 2017, accessed March 14, 2018 .