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Deutsch-Les-Landes

Cinema

„Deutsch-Les-Landes“ ran 2018 in the festival cinema program.

"Deutsch-Les-Landes" turns Franco-German friendship into a comedic battleground, where Christoph Maria Herbst ("Stromberg") as a German department head has to deal with the peculiarities of French local politics. After the mayor (Marie-Anne Chazel) of the southwestern French coastal town of Jiscalosse has sold parts of the town to the Bavarian auto supplier "Jäger Enterprises," Herbst's character Manfred becomes the long-suffering victim of a relocation. And central figure in a crazy culture clash.

When the mayor of a small French coastal community sells parts of her city to a German firm, it is up to Head of Department Manfred to deal with the peculiarities of local French politics. Culture clash ensues...