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Synopsis
Convinced that his daughter has forgotten how to laugh, a father shows up unannounced while she's living abroad and bombards her with outrageous jokes.
Cinematic DNA
I saw 'Toni Erdmann,' and I was like, 'Oh, okay, you can actually go into an art-world setting and be critical of it, without losing a broader audience'.
What I really like, for example, is the first part of Bergman's Scenes from a Marriage. The characters talk for 45 minutes straight and they are absolutely brilliant.
— Maren Ade · Film Comment interview: Comedy and Crisis: Maren Ade on Toni Erdmann
Films with Similar Themes
father-daughter relationship · work-life balance · humor as communication · personal reinvention · cultural displacement
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