THE PURSUIT OF UNHAPPINESS
by Sherry Hormann
synopsis
Tiffany is a neurotic, moody, superstitious, contradictory and single young woman in her late 20s. Although she sells fortune cookies in her Berlin gourmet shop, she has a great personal mistrust of good fortune, and especially of happiness.
Based on the eponymous best-selling book by Paul Watzlawick.
international title: | The Pursuit of Unhappiness |
original title: | Anleitung zum Unglücklichsein |
country: | Germany, Austria |
sales agent: | Global Screen GmbH (a brand of Telepool GmbH) |
year: | 2012 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Sherry Hormann |
film run: | 87' |
release date: | DE 29/11/2012 |
cast: | Johanna Wokalek, Iris Berben, David Kross, Itay Tiran, Richy Müller, Benjamin Sadler, Katharina Marie Schubert, Margarita Broich, Rüdiger Vogler, Michael Gwisdek |
cinematography by: | Wojciech Szepel |
producer: | Peter Herrmann |
co-producer: | Bettina Reitz, Hans-Wolfgang Jurgan, Bettina Ricklefs, Hubert von Spreti, Wolfgang Braun, Senta Menger, Christoph Fisser, Henning Molfenter, Charlie Woebcken, Franz Kraus, Antonio Exacoustos |
production: | Desert Flower Filmproductions, ARD Degeto Film GMBH, BR Bayerischer Rundfunk, Studio Babelsberg, B.A. Produktion GmbH, MTM West Television & Film, Neue Schönhauser Filmproduktion GmbH |
backing: | German Federal Film Board, Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, German Federal Film Fund |
distributor: | StudioCanal Germany |