Simply Complicated

by Karoline Herfurth

Hugely popular actress and director Karoline Herfurth (Text For You, Wonderfully Beautiful) tells a sometimes tragic, often hauntingly serious, yet always heartfelt comedy about a young woman and her desire to have children – with or without a partner.

What to do if the biological clock is ticking louder and far and wide, there is no suitable partner in sight? Karla is thirty-nine, the radio host of a nightly music show and once again single. She longs to have a child and to finally start a real family, but finding a suitable partner under time pressure is not so easy. So she decides to fulfill her desire for children on her own. And suddenly everyone has an opinion: her divorced parents, her siblings, her friends, even her neighbors, even though all of them are entangled in their own complicated life situations. Only her best friend Senay supports her with help and advice and the right questions. And then fate intervenes when Karla meets the “much too young” Ole, who doesn't quite fit into her future plans and turns everything upside down.

Genre / Language / Length
Comedy / German / 116 minutes
Original title
Einfach mal was schönes
directed by
Karoline Herfurth (TEXT FOR YOU, WONDERFULLY BEAUTIFUL)
director of photography
Daniel Gottschalk
screenplay by
Monika FässlerTim HebbornKaroline Herfurth
produced by
Hellinger/Doll Filmproduktion and Warner Bros. Filmproductions Germany
Cast
  • Karoline Herfurth (TEXT FOR YOU, WONDERFULLY BEAUTIFUL)
  • Aaron Altaras (UNORTHODOX, WILD REPUBLIC)
  • Nora Tschirner (RABBIT WITHOUT EARS)
  • Ulrike Kriener
  • Milena Tscharntke (JUNGLE CHILD)
  • Jasmin Shakeri (THE MAGIC FLUTE)
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Press Quotes

"It is entertaining with honest feelings."
TZ

“The film is like a comforting embrace, we are allowed to learn here that it's perfectly okay if it's ugly in between and lacks perspective.”
“The film is a plea to love life even when it hasn't turned out the way you'd like.”
Film-Rezensionen.de

“With her fourth directorial effort, Karoline Herfurth proves that she has a somnambulistic command of the romantic comedy genre.”
“wonderfully light-footed”
“Karoline Herfurth's new film is sometimes tragic, often hauntingly serious, yet always heartfelt.”
FBW

“Everything is part of a charmingly and at the same time profoundly painted world that takes its place somewhere between modern cinematic and serial family portraits like "Living and Loving in L.A." 1998 or "This Is Us" 2016-2022 and seems absolutely organic despite all the necessary intensification.”
Kino-Zeit

“The film encourages you to pursue your dreams - no matter how old you are."
Prisma.com

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