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Die Lebenslüge

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German workaholic hotel manager Gabriel Brückner dies in a car accident on Mallorca with a single passenger, flight attendant Maren Gernold. Thus their year long adultery becomes known to their Bavarian spouses, ex-sculptor Sophie and contractor Michael. Consoling each-other, those two fall in love, but meet daunting obstacles, the worst of which is Gabriels' still naively doting brat daughter Anne

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 2009-07-04

Runtime: 90 mins

Director: Peter Sämann

Writer: Antje Bähr

Spoken language: Deutsch

Genres: Romance, Drama

Original title: Die Lebenslüge

Production Companies: ARD

Production Countries: Germany

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