Suddenly Family
Directed by Felicitas DarschinIf you rest, you rust - at least that's what the old adage says. For this reason, the best friends Klaus and Fred have made some plans for their time in early retirement. They sold their hotel together with a heavy heart but at a profit. Now they want to enjoy life with their wives Mary-Lou and Hanne and fulfill a few long-cherished dreams. That's the theory. In reality, Klaus and Fred spend a large part of their time on the shared sailing boat on the Wannsee, while their wives sit at home annoyed and feel hopelessly neglected. But even the two would-be sea dogs are getting bored with beer and bratwurst on their decked-out boat. Until one day they have to come to the aid of a young woman in distress at sea: 20-year-old Franziska is heavily pregnant and her boyfriend left her overnight. Now she is without a job, without an apartment and without prospects and doesn't know where to go. At first, Fred reacts a little harshly to the uninvited guest and would like to bring the girl back to shore as quickly as possible. In Klaus, on the other hand, who had always wanted children, the fatherly gentleman awakens. He can convince his friend to give Franziska shelter on the boat. Otherwise he would like to take care of the desperate young woman and make sure that she does not have to give her baby up for adoption. However, he doesn't tell his wife Mary-Lou about the relief operation any more than Fred tells his Hanne - the ladies shouldn't worry about it unnecessarily. However, they don't do that anyway. Rather, Mary-Lou decides to look for a job, and so she takes care of the slightly eccentric senior Gustav Wittke, while Hanne finds a sensitive admirer in his doctor Hans Schuster, who gives her all the attention that she so painfully sees at Fred missing. Meanwhile, Klaus has an entirely different reason for keeping Franziska's sudden appearance from his wife - a reason that dates back to a misstep 21 years ago.
