Life Is Too Long

Life Is Too Long

2010 · 86 min · ★ 5.0

No crisis is as disastrous, overwhelming and unjust as that of Alfi Seliger. The Jewish filmmaker, hypochondriac and family man is up to his neck in problems: his pubescent children Romy and Alain find him ridiculous, his wife Helena would be happy if she only found him ridiculous, his bank is going bankrupt and his new film project is finding it difficult to meet with approval. Friend becomes foe, hope becomes paranoia and when even his psychiatrist advises him to end his life, Alfi Seliger attempts a theatrical exit. But as befits a born "Nebbich", a lovable loser, even this fails - he survives and only appears to awaken in his old life...

Directed by Dani Levy

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Markus Hering Alfi Seliger
Meret Becker Helena Seliger
Veronica Ferres Natasha
Hannah Levy Romy Seliger
David Schlichter Alain Seliger
Yvonne Catterfeld Caro Will
Gottfried John Georg Maria Stahl
Hans Hollmann Holger Miesbach-Boronowski
Justus von Dohnányi Johannes
Heino Ferch Professor Mohr
Udo Kier Tabatabai
Kurt Krömer Anlageberater

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