Based on a screenplay by Petra Volpe, the award-winning Zurich director Barbara Kulcsar has staged Die goldenen Jahre (The Golden Years), a comedy with wit, charm and depth about a married couple in their third stage of life in search of happiness.
Free at last! The married couple Alice (Esther Gemsch) and Peter (Stefan Kurt) celebrate their retirement exuberantly and look forward to the upcoming new phase of life. On a cruise in the Mediterranean - a gift from the children - they want to get closer again as a couple, at least that is Alice's plan. But when Peter takes his recently widowed friend Heinz (Ueli Jäggi) on the trip without being asked, the hoped-for togetherness comes to an end and long-pent-up marital problems come to light. After a shore leave in Marseille, Alice decides not to return on board and takes time out for herself. On separate paths, they finally find not only themselves, but also a new way to spend their golden years.
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