Life is Too Long (Das Leben ist zu Lang)

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Summary

This German-Jewish variation on the films of Woody Allen and Charlie Kaufman is a smart and silly self-reflexive comedy from Dani. Alfi Seliger (a nod to Allen’s alter ego Alvy Singer in Annie Hall) is a filmmaker whose life is falling apart—he discovers his wife having an affair, his kids hate him, his health seems to be deteriorating, and his latest script is continually rejected. Paranoid and suicidal, he becomes convinced that his entire life is being controlled by filmmaker Dani Levy.

This laugh-out-loud film also boasts a pitchperfect cast that includes cult actor Udo Kier as Seliger’s therapist, and Elke Sommer as his mother.

Vancouver Premiere

Year: 2010
Genre: Narrative
Country: Germany
Language: German with English subtiltes
Subject: Comedy
Run time: 86 minutes
Format: DigiBeta

Director: Dani Levy
Cast: Markus Hering, Meret Becker, Veronica Ferres, Elke Sommer, Udo Kier