A father-daughter relationship, summer-sun-Italy idyll — today we are sharing a few lovely answers from an interview:
Mia accuses her father of having shown no interest in her for thirteen years. In your view, what does a good father-daughter relationship look like, even when the parents live apart?
For me, what makes a family is that everyone can be certain of the other's unconditional love. And this feeling of unconditional love can exist in any family — regardless of whether the parents are separated or not. Respect is the prerequisite for everything. Children and their sensitivity must not be underestimated. They see more than parents often imagine, and they want to be taken seriously. I often notice that the maturity of children and young people is underestimated.
The Italian landscape really does look fantastic. What was it like to film there? Did you do the water-skiing scenes yourself?
If I believed in reincarnation, I would swear I was once an Italian nonna in a little village near the Amalfi Coast. The best thing about Italy is the people! They have understood that life is about being together. By day there is fierce bickering, by evening everyone sits around one table and embraces. I simply can't stop raving about the nature, the architecture, the mentality and the food (!!!). For the film I got to learn water-skiing, and from now on there will be no beach holiday without it. A wonderful sport that's quick to pick up! That's one of the best things about being an actor anyway — that you're constantly allowed to learn wonderful new things. (Such as kneading gnocchi, too.) Director: Matthias Steurer. Friday, 12 April at 8:15 p.m. on Das Erste