Emma's Bliss

This odd fairytale (with German subtitles) about the strangely beautiful relationship between German farm girl Emma (Triebel) and terminally ill car salesman Max (Vogel) has a charm and humanity all of its own. Max, we learn by witnessing a couple of short conversations with fellow workers at his car dealership after his diagnosis with pancreatic cancer, has led a fairly dull life. His terminal illness injects some unwanted pace and drama into his existence, however, although at first it seems as though even this tragic change will be the final mundane act in a mundane life. Near suicidal, he speeds off down the German motorway with thousands of stolen euro taken from the car dealership he owns in partnership with his friend Hans (Feifel). Seemingly intent on destruction, he is saved by a remarkable occurrence of chance, which brings him into the life of Emma.