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Ich leih' mir eine Familie streaming

2007 Movie Germany Romance, TV Movie, Family, Comedy 89 min FSK 0
By: Michael Rowitz With: Hans-Werner Meyer, Angela Neumann, Edith Hancke, Hans Werner Meyer, Ilja Richter

Ben is a hard-working advertising man. The climber who is completely fixated on his career does not want to know anything about family and children. His girlfriend Juliane thinks a little differently. The successful doctor is expecting a marriage proposal and is already secretly preparing a joint apartment: as a surprise for Ben's 40th birthday. At the agency, too, Ben is suddenly caught up with the topic of family: In order to get the multi-million dollar budget for a large baby product campaign, Ben has to pretend to be the passionate father of the skeptical client Hans Feldmann, a company boss of the old school. When Feldmann then wants to get to know the supposed family of the agency boss personally, Ben only has to flee forwards: With the tongues of angels, he tries to persuade his childhood sweetheart Hanna to play a harmonious temporary family with him and their two sons Paul and Jonas. Hanna actually has no reason to bail Ben, after all, he has already hurt her deeply. She only gets involved in the game for financial reasons. She also enjoys the fact that the vain, arrogant egoist finally crawls to the cross in front of her. Although Feldmann's ambitious son-in-law Andreas grows suspicious, Ben's plan works perfectly. Even a little too perfect: because against his will, Ben proves himself to be a great father, and things start to crackle again between him and Hanna. Hanna realizes too late that she should have listened to her brother Carsten, who warned her about the unscrupulous heartbreaker.

Mood

Entertaining
Humorous
Light

Cast & Crew

Michael Rowitz
Edith Hancke
Ilja Richter
Dennis Schmidt-Foß
Lisa Martinek
Sandra Speichert
Hans-Werner Meyer
Angela Neumann
Hans Werner Meyer

Cast

Hans-Werner Meyer
Sandra Speichert

Author

Jessica Schellack
Kerstin Oesterlin

Director

Michael Rowitz

Adaptation

Based On Original Screenplay

Budget

Television Film

Narrative Structure

Dialogue-Driven

Time-Period

Contemporary 2000S

Central Conflict

Career Versus Family
Deception To Secure Business
Reconciliation Of Past Love

Characters

Aspiring Family Woman
Children
Ex-Lovers
Pretend Family
Workaholic Advertising Executive

Ending

Happy Ending
New Love Rekindled
Reconciliation

Key Plot Points

Fake Family Arranged For Client
Reunion With Ex And Children
Secret Kept From Girlfriend
Truth Revealed And Forgiven

Setting

Family Home
Modern Germany
Urban Workplace

Shooting Location

Germany

Theme

Career Versus Personal Life
Family And Responsibility
Love And Forgiveness

Genre

Comedy
Romantic Comedy
Television Film

Audiences

Adult Viewers
Family-Oriented Audience
Fans Of German Tv Comedy

Titles

I'M Borrowing A Family

Box Office Success

4.1 Million Viewers
9 Percent Market Share

Critical Reception

Mixed Reviews
Praised For Humor And Acting
Some Criticism For Predictability

Popularity

Popular German Tv Film

Production Countries

Germany

Release Year

2007
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