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TV Drama ZDF
(marriage games)
Broadcast on June 16, 2003

Script Akiko Hitomi
Camera  Martin Farkas
Cutter Patricia Rommel
Music  Ali N. Askin
Productiondesign  Michael Möldner
Costumes  Petra Kray
Producer  Mischa Hofmann, Philip Voges
Producer  Michael Schmidl
Editor  Günther van Endert
Production manager  Jörg Kuhlmann
Herstellungsleitung  Manfred Brey

with: Ute Willing, Hyun Wanner, Terpoorten, Patrizia Moresco, Miroslav Nemec, Gisela Trowe, Dirk Böhling, Soogi Kang, Yoshi'o Yabara, Anette Hellwig u.v.a.

PLOT

When a doctor informs Rike, a 47-year-old conservator, that she is entering menopause, she can’t believe it - she feels young and attractive. Her ex-husband Richard (Miroslav Nemec) agrees and advises her to finally find a new partner. At an art opening she meets a young, attractive Japanese man named Gen (Hyun Wanner) and falls head over heals in love. Gen doesn’t seem opposed to the relationship either. But there is something Rike doesn’t know: Gen is in love with his friend Thomas (Siegfried Teerporten). The young homosexual man sees Rike as a suitable marriage partner to secure his residency in Germany. When Richard announces his plans to marry his girlfriend, Rike does not want to be left behind. Thomas, however, begins to feel increasingly jealous about this marriage of convenience that he instigated. He and Rike begin an angry struggle for Gen’s affection, using all means at their disposal, regardless of the consequences.