links / references
www.facebook.com/pages/Happy-S...youtu.be/wVzMuqIoalQ
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Production Company
Bernd-Eichinger-Platz 1
80333 München Phone +49 89 689570 Fax +49 89 689579900 http://www.hff-muenchen.de
80333 München Phone +49 89 689570 Fax +49 89 689579900 http://www.hff-muenchen.de
youtu.be/wVzMuqIoalQ
HAPPY SERIOUS SAD
Synopsis
This documentary film by Franziska von Malsen covers the joy and challenges a gay couple face as they navigate the process of adopting a child and welcome a five year-old boy with a story of his own into their family.They’ve been together for the past 13 years, they’re successful professionals and they’ve relocated together from Munich to New York and on to London - now Dario and Markus want to start a family.
In Germany, gay couples are not allowed to adopt children. Not so in England.
The two men grapple with endless bureaucracy; lifted by hope and plagued by anxiety about what lies ahead.
Franziska von Malsen accompanies Dario and Markus through this time of anticipation. She portrays the lives of a couple about to become parents − not, in the end, of a baby, but of a five year-old boy with a story of his own. HAPPY SERIOUS SAD relates how Dario and Markus gradually, sensitively come to embrace their son and his past.
Cast & Crew
- Director
Festivals/awards
nominated for First Step Award; DOK.fest MunichProduction Company
Bernd-Eichinger-Platz 1
80333 München Phone +49 89 689570 Fax +49 89 689579900 http://www.hff-muenchen.de
80333 München Phone +49 89 689570 Fax +49 89 689579900 http://www.hff-muenchen.de
