Man kann auch in die Höhe fallen

Based on the bestselling novel by Joachim Meyerhoff

An actor and author in his mid-fifties hits a wall: a stroke, a move to restless Berlin, and a complete creative block. He decides to retreat to the Baltic coast, moving in with his 86-year-old mother in the countryside. While the son arrives exhausted and desperate for rest, his mother chops wood, drives a lawn tractor, and swims in the icy sea despite jellyfish. Back at the place where he grew up, the author finds his way out of the crisis and turns the experience into a new novel. And what does any of this have to do with his years acting at a provincial theatre?