Toni Erdmann director Maren Ade: “A lot of the humour comes out of desperation”
2,656 views · Published 24 January 2017 · 4:27 · Indexed 21 October 2026
Channel: BFI · 2017 · Film & Animation
False teeth, a bad wig and life-saving practical jokes … the director of the tragi-comic German smash hit - which has just been nominated for the best foreign language film Oscar - introduces her movie at its London film festival premiere. Toni Erdmann, in which a father uses pranks to yank his daughter out of her workaholic lifestyle, is on general release in the UK from 3 February Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetotheBFI. Watch more on the BFI Player: http://player.bfi.org.uk/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BFI Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BritishFilmInstitute Follow us on Google+: https://plus.google.com/+britishfilminstitute/
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