DER VORNAME

The guests have arrived, the table is set, dinner is ready – and the mood is ruined. All because real estate agent Thomas has just blurted out the name of his son that will soon be born: He's going to be called Adolf. The other guests at this fancy dinner in an academic household in Bonn are cringing – and the evening devolves into a reckoning among friends, where all kinds of surprising truths come bubbling to the surface. Sönke Wortmann's new film – an adaptation of a French stage play turned hit movie – is an intelligent satire on society in the form of an intimate play. You can feel the fun the outstanding ensemble had tearing down the self-righteousness and arrogance of the German bourgeoisie.