A special calendar, that falls into the wrong hands, is the starting signal for a turbulent romantic comedy starring Anneke Kim Sarnau and Stefan Jürgens. As director, I staged this heartfelt movie based on the screenplay by Bert Koß, who adapted the the bestselling novel by Charlotte Lucas.
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Fun-loving Hannah leaves her lovingly designed calendar on a park bench – along with the highly personal entries in it – dates and plans, with which she wants to rekindle her relationship with Simon. The reclusive but fascinating publisher Jonathan discovers the book. Touched by its creativity, he tries to track down the owner.
Jonathan struggles to run his father’s publishing house, after he falls ill with dementia. He is unable to build on the great successes of the past and the tasks pile up on his desk. In his search for the owner of the calendar, he takes note of the dates entered.
Jonathan soon finds himself at quirky concerts, choir lessons and in strange restaurants and realizes, how slowly the joie de vivre he thought he had lost is being revived.
From then on, Hannah and Jonathan’s paths miraculously cross – at first without knowing about their connection through the calendar.
Slowly, the two find each other and things begin to sizzle between them – until Hannah realizes that Jonathan knew much more than he had let on. When Simon also disappears and it becomes clear that he has been carrying a secret of his own, Hannah is deeply preoccupied with one question: what does true love mean to her? She is faced with a difficult decision.
Screenplay Director DOP Editing Music Production Design Costume Design Producer Producer Editor ZDF
Bert Koß Luise Brinkmann Philip Jestädt Matti Falkenberg Biber Gullatz, Lukas Kiedaisch Andrea Steinlandt Anette Schröder Doris Zander Hannah Liebrenz Katharina Görtz
A ZDF commissioned production of Bavaria Fiction GmbH
Hannah (Anneke Kim Sarnau) comes up with a plan: to get her relationship back on track, she creates a lovingly designed annual calendar for joint activities.Hannah (Anneke Kim Sarnau) and Jonathan (Stefan Jürgens) grow closer despite some initial teasing.Jonathan (Stefan Jürgens, center) is frustrated: While Hannah (Anneke Kim Sarnau, r.) happily searches for a present, he argues with the bookseller (Annika Krüger, l.).So that Leopold (Uke Bosse) doesn’t have to freeze on the park bench, Hannah (Anneke Kim Sarnau) takes care of him.While jogging, Jonathan (Stefan Jürgens) discovers a mysterious bag on a park bench. Will he look inside and let his curiosity get the better of him?Hannah (Anneke Kim Sarnau) misses how loving her relationship with Simon (Thomas Niehaus) used to be, but he doesn’t want to acknowledge these problems.Hannah (Anneke Kim Sarnau, l.) and Jonathan (Stefan Jürgens, r.) meet in the garage of Mr. Bogdanovic (Kailas Mahadevan, m.). They still have no idea of their common bond.Simon (Thomas Niehaus) is so engrossed in his work as an author that he hardly appreciates the efforts of his girlfriend Hannah (Anneke Kim Sarnau).Hannah (Anneke Kim Sarnau, l.) and Lisa (Jamie Watson, r.) run the “Rappelkiste” together. A day care center for children with overnight accommodation.Jonathan (Stefan Jürgens, r.) helps Hannah (Anneke Kim Sarnau, l.) and Lisa (Jamie Watson, m.) on a trip to the beach with the children. It’s not just the children who are impressed by his fertile imagination.Hannah (Anneke Kim Sarnau) and Jonathan (Stefan Jürgens) grow closer despite some initial teasing.Hannah (Anneke Kim Sarnau) and Jonathan (Stefan Jürgens) grow closer despite some initial teasing.Jonathan (Stefan Jürgens, l.) took over his father Grief Senior’s (Dietrich Mattausch, r.) publishing business after he was no longer able to do so due to his illness.Things have not been going well at Jonathan’s (Stefan Jürgens) publishing house recently. His assistant Ms. Krug (Susi Banzhaf) is desperate.Mr. Bode (Albrecht Ganskopf) and Jonathan (Stefan Jürgens) rarely agree when it comes to the future of the publishing house.
