Es ist nur eine Phase, Hase 2021

Age-related puberty: A crisis-like state of uncertainty in midlife, in which those affected, severely confused by hormones, critically rethink and question the meaning of their previous existence.

What has happened?

"My husband once drove 800 kilometres just to sleep with me. Now the other side of the bed is too far away for him." (Emilia about Paul)

"Last weekend she wanted to make jam." (Paul about Emilia)

Paul and Emilia have always been a dream couple. He is the author of several successful novels about the golf generation, she is a dubbing artist for telenovelas and they have three children together: Bo, who wants to know everything, Marie, who knows everything, and Fe, who is always angry. It could be so nice.

But as they approach their late 40s, the physical impacts come closer. Hair is thinning, eyesight is failing and so is libido. At some point, it dawns on both of them: Only the others are still young. When Emilia wants to take a break from her relationship after a one-night stand with the younger Ruben and throws herself into life, Paul looks into the abyss. His friends Theo and Jonathan give him dodgy advice and his publisher rejects his new manuscript as "hopeless". In his desperation, Paul resorts to antidepressants and testosterone tablets and starts an affair with his daughter's young teacher, which doesn't add much dignity to his existence. Nothing brings him back what he misses: his youth and Emilia.

Paul and Emilia meet again at the 50th birthday party of a mutual friend - the situation escalates and a divorce seems inevitable. But the children also have a say in the matter...

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