Coming of Age

Does luck have a use by date? Both thought that at eighty they have experienced everything until, like a bolt of lightening, Rosa and Bruno come together and immediately fall head over heels. There are two obstacles to their happiness though: Bruno’s marriage, which has long been routine, and Rosa’s illness; she has cancer and not long left to live. Despite the difficult circumstances, the two decide to breakaway – Bruno from his relationship and Rosa from her retirement home. Against the advice of carers, doctors and relatives, the pair moves into a new apartment together. ANFANG 80 shows with a great deal of unequivocal humour how insensitively and sometimes desperately overburdened society reacts to love among the elderly.

Cast

Christine Ostermayer Rosa Karl Merkatz Bruno Erni Mangold Herta Branko Samarovski Karl Susi Stach Waltraud Julia Jelinek Röntgenschwester Inge Maux Frau Binders Schwester Martin Oberhauser Polizist

Alexander El Dib Psychiater

Anton Noori Dr. Karras Tanja Petrovsky Frau Leitner

Joseph Lorenz Werner

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