Miss Sixty (2014) on Netflix
Molecular biologist Luise, sixty, decides to have a baby through a sperm bank. Frans, a gallery owner the same age, sets out to find the art scene's next star. Their paths cross.
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Plot summary
Luise Jansen, sixty, works as a molecular biologist and is the daughter of Doris Jansen, seventy-seven. She has kept eggs frozen and decides to have a baby with sperm from a bank. Frans Winther is sixty, a lifelong bachelor, an art gallery owner and the father of Max, twenty-seven. He wants to restart his career by discovering the contemporary art scene's next rising star, and Romy von Cramm, twenty-seven, is his intern. Frans is also involved with Romy. Luise and Frans are both trying to reclaim part of their youth, and neither wants to be laughed at. Their paths cross by accident.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Miss Sixty (2014)
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- Screenwriter Jane Ainscough took her idea from an article in the British newspaper The Guardian about a 63-year-old Englishwoman who became a mother despite her advanced age, the real seed of the film's story.
- Miss Sixty marked the directorial debut of the film producer Sigrid Hoerner, who developed the material for the screwball comedy together with screenwriter Jane Ainscough.
- The dialogue-heavy script of the screwball comedy demanded fast playing from the cast, and director Sigrid Hoerner reportedly required the actors to be completely secure in their lines on set.
