Fleisch ist mein Gemüse

A darkly comic, surreal portrait of a socially awkward saxophonist trapped in small-town German folk-music mediocrity, blending absurdist humor with genuine melancholy about stagnation and escape.

Heinz Strunk, plagued by crater-like skin rashes, lives with his sick mother in Hamburg-Harburg in the 1980s. As a saxophonist, he tours the North German lowlands with the dance combo "Tiffanys". In this bizarre universe of Korn, Klaus & Klaus and Koteletts, bandleader Gurki teaches him how to deliver cheerful, upbeat music. To escape the vicious circle of shooting festivals and village weddings, Heinz wants to start a solo career and become a hit producer...