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Genre
  
Comedy, Drama, Family

Running time
  
2h 19m

7.1/10
IMDb

5/5
KINO

Director
  
Til Schweiger

Duration
  

Country
  
Germany

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Release date
  
2014 (2014)

Writer
  
Hilly Martinek, Til Schweiger, Til Schweiger (screenplay)

Awards
  
Civis Cinema Prize, German Film Award for Highest grossing Film of the Year

Genres
  
Comedy, Drama film, Tragicomedy, Family

Cast
  
Til Schweiger
(Niko),
Dieter Hallervorden
(Amandus),
Emma Schweiger
(Tilda),
Jan Josef Liefers
(Serge),
Jeanette Hain
(Sarah),
Dar Salim
(Restaurantbesitzer)

Similar movies
  
Related Til Schweiger movies

Honig im Kopf is a 2014 German drama film directed by Til Schweiger.

Contents

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Before eleven years old Tilda's parents can put her beloved grandfather in an old people's home due to his progressing Alzheimer disease, she takes him on one last adventure that subliminally threatens to tear her family apart.

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Plot

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Retired vet Amandus (Dieter Hallervorden) suffers from Alzheimers disease. A speech he holds at his wife Margaretes funeral reveals his deteriorating mental state. When his son Niko (Til Schweiger) and his granddaughter Tilda (Emma Schweiger) visit him, they see that he can no longer live on his own because of his mental condition. Niko convinces Amandus to move into his house near Hamburg.

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Niko is married to Sarah (Jeanette Hain), but their marriage is in danger because his wife has a romance with her boss Serge (Jan Josef Liefers). Amanduss presence in the household causes disputes between Niko and Sarah. For example, Amandus nearly causes a fire in the kitchen while trying to bake a cake, which Sarah can only prevent in the last nick of time.

While Amanduss mental state continues to degrade, a summer fete is thrown in the garden. Because of his disease, Amandus causes a disaster which leads to Sarah moving out. Niko now believes that moving his father to a retirement home has become inevitable, however his daughter Tilda does not think that this is not the way Amandus should be treated. Instead, she wants to travel to Venice with her grandfather, where he and his wife Margarete had spent their honeymoon. Tilda is told by her paediatrician Dr. Ehlers (Tilo Pruckner) that visiting places the sick person knows well can help living with the disease. They start their trip by car, but soon get into a car crash which is caused by Amandus ignoring a red traffic light. Tilda then decides that they should go by train, which also fails, when Amandus accidentally leaves the train. Tilda pulls the emergency brake to stop the train and runs after him. The police are now searching for them, so they hide in a toilet cabin. In the evening, the janitor Erdal (Fahri Yardim) finds them, and helps the two continue their journey to Venice. Going by a sheep lorry, they get stopped by the police, but manage to flee before they get caught, and find shelter in a monastery. The Mother Superior (Claudia Michelsen) is so touched by their story, that she drives Tilda and Amandus to Venice.

Niko and Sarah also arrive in Venice, looking for Tilda and Amandus. They check into the same hotel as Niko and Sarah, but they dont notice each other. Amandus leaves the hotel at night. Tilda notices in the morning, goes looking for him, and finds him sitting on a bench. It is revealed that that while on honeymoon in Venice, Amandus had sat on that bench with his wife Margarete. His condition has advanced so far that he forgets he has a granddaughter, so he doesnt recognise Tilda. At that moment, Niko and Sarah find Tilda and Amandus, and the four travel back to Hamburg.

Sarah decides to stop working so that she can take care of Amandus. The marriage of Niko and Sarah is saved when Sarah gives birth to a baby boy nine months later, whom they name after his grandfather. Amandus spends his remaining days contently with his family, and dies of cardiac failure in presence of Tilda. At the funeral, Tilda lies in the grass and looks to the sky, because Amandus had promised he would protect her from heaven.

Reception

The film has earned US$30.4 million at the box office.

References

Honig im Kopf Wikipedia
Honig im Kopf IMDbHonig im Kopf Filmstarts.deHonig im Kopf KINO.deHonig im Kopf MoviepilotHonig im Kopf themoviedb.org


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