1h22 vor dem Ende Theatre

by Matthieu Delaporte

Bernhard Wächter lives alone in his apartment and does not consider himself suited to life. And so he unsentimentally considers suicide as a clean, self-determined exit. He has already canceled his electricity and home insurance online and climbs onto the windowsill to jump from the fourth floor. Then the doorbell rings. And the story takes an unexpected turn.

“1h22 before the end” is the name of this black comedy by Matthieu Delaporte, who made a name for himself with the comedy “The First Name” which has been filmed several times – a Parisian evening party is disrupted by the naming of a pair of friends who absolutely want to name their son Adolf.

The uninvited guest, who turns out to be Death himself, now wants to see the facts and take the decision about his own life out of Bernhard's hands. The suicide candidate doesn't like that at all and an absurdly funny dialogue about the right place, the right moment, the right way and other details begins, in which it soon becomes clear that Death is clearly not a professional either.

The irony of the story: Death, of all things, puts the thwarted suicide on the right track. It ensures that he meets the woman he had only admired from afar one floor up. And so he suddenly experiences lightness and optimism. He realizes what life is worth living for. A twist-filled mix of black humor and existential questions right up to the end, set between Ingmar Bergman's drama "The Seventh Seal" and Woody Allen's farce "Death Knocks", the author draws an original and witty speculation about the immediate time before the end.

Sebastian Bezzel, whose latest EBERHOFER film REHRAGOUT-RENDEZVOUS is currently touring cinemas, shows alongside Stephan Grossmann, who recently shone again in the television series FAMILIE BUNTSCHUH, among others, that he has mastered a completely different side to that of the Bavarian cult policeman. Together they are an unbeatable comedy couple who make the situational comedy and the wit of Delaporte's comedy sparkle. At their side is Nadja Petri, the bar-turned-Jenny from THE THREEPENNY OPERA.