Nora Tschirner, Again, Please

A friend pointed me toward the first trailer for Zweiohrküken, Til Schweiger’s follow-up to his massive 2007 romantic comedy Keinohrhasen, and Nora Tschirner spends the entire thing wearing exactly the expression I’ve been wearing lately. I’m not sure what that says about either of us.

The setup: Ludo—our unlikely hero returning from the first film—runs into an old flame, and Anna, Tschirner’s character, goes incandescent with jealousy. He wants space, gets it, then immediately regrets the whole thing when her ex-boyfriend Ralf materializes. Standard soap mechanics dressed up with good cinematography and a cast that can actually deliver a line. Schweiger’s formula is reliable enough that the predictability barely counts against it.

What I actually need from this film is simple. More Tschirner. More of her delivery, those small incredulous expressions, the way she makes fury look like the most reasonable response to everything. Funny dialogue, ideally. And yes, a naked scene would not go unappreciated. With her. Not with Til Schweiger. Thank you, that’s all.