Coming of Age

Coming of Age (2011) is a film directed by Gerhard Ertl, Sabine Hiebler rated 6.5/10.

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.

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

Alexander El Dib

Psychiater

Anton Noori

Dr. Karras

Tanja Petrovsky

Frau Leitner

Joseph Lorenz

Werner