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Am Tag als Bobby Ewing starb

Am Tag als Bobby Ewing starb

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 19, 2005

Runtime

1h 32m

Genres

Comedy, Drama

User Score

44%

Original Title

Am Tag als Bobby Ewing starb

Production Companies

ARTE, Neue Mira Filmproduktion, NDR, Radio Bremen, ARD

Director

Lars Jessen

Description

1986 - The protest movement against the construction of the nuclear power plant in Brokdorf is on its last legs. Only one rural commune remains: the "Alternative Wohnkollektiv Regenbogen". For them, it could go on and on with endless consensus discussions, shearing sheep and naked communal bathing. One day, the lowland communards are joined by two city dwellers, Hanne and her son Niels. While Hanne gets used to scream therapy and raising vegetables surprisingly quickly - and even more quickly to the tantra games with commune guru Peter - Niels has less and less desire for the dogmatic commune rules. Out of defiance, he joins the violent nuclear power plant resistance, thus upsetting the tranquil chaos of the commune. The big bang, however, comes when a reactor explodes in distant Chernobyl. Exactly on the day Bobby Ewing dies, the petroleum prince from "Dallas" and series favorite of the commune.