Coming of Age

Does luck have a use by date? Both thought that at eighty they have experienced everything until, like a bolt of lightening, Rosa and Bruno come together and immediately fall head over heels. There are two obstacles to their happiness though: Bruno’s marriage, which has long been routine, and Rosa’s illness; she has cancer and not long left to live. Despite the difficult circumstances, the two decide to breakaway – Bruno from his relationship and Rosa from her retirement home. Against the advice of carers, doctors and relatives, the pair moves into a new apartment together. ANFANG 80 shows with a great deal of unequivocal humour how insensitively and sometimes desperately overburdened society reacts to love among the elderly.

• Release date
• December 30, 2011
• Runtime
• 90 min
• Director
• Sabine Hiebler

Cast

Christine Ostermayer Rosa Karl Merkatz Bruno Erni Mangold Herta Branko Samarovski Karl Susi Stach Waltraud Julia Jelinek Röntgenschwester Inge Maux Frau Binders Schwester Martin Oberhauser Polizist