‘Focus (Dys)Functional Families’

17:00 SPLITTING UP TOGETHER
(DK, 2016, season 1, ep. 1 & 2, VO, st EN , 2 x 26’)

Line and Martin have it all. Good jobs, beautiful kids, great friends, a nice house, a garden and a cat that only comes home to eat. But their love is worn out, the midlife crisis is knocking on their door and their sex life is already dead and buried. So Line decides that she wants a divorce while they can still stand each other’s company. Unfortunately it’s impossible to sell the house so they agree to live together under the same roof - until the market picks up again. But that´s easier said than done… Splitting up together is an edgy and loving portrait of a generation of people - in the middle of their lives - who suddenly have to acknowledge and accept that family comes in many shapes and forms.

Creator(s): Mette Heeno
Screenwriter(s): Mette Heeno
Director(s): Hella Joof
With: Maria Rossing,  Peter Plaugborg, Stine Schrøder Jensen, Katrine Greis-Rosenthal
Production Company(s): Happy Ending Film, TV 2
Broadcatser: TV2 Danmark

18:00 FLOWERS
(UK, 2016, season 1, ep. 1 & 2, VO st FR, 2 x 30’)

Maurice, author of illustrated children's books, and his music teacher wife Deborah are still together, but divorce looks increasingly likely. As Maurice fights his inner demons, Deborah tries to keep the family together at any price and becomes more and more suspicious that Maurice is in a secret homosexual relationship with his Japanese illustrator Shun... A zany and depressive series set in a universe that is somewhere between Tim Burton and Wes Anderson, Flowers is the latest offering from CHANNEL 4 which has brought us Skins and Shameless.

Creator(s): Will Sharpe
Screenwriter(s): Will Sharpe
Director(s): Will Sharpe
With: Olivia Colman, Julian Barratt, Will Sharpe, Daniel Rigby, Sophia Di Martino
Production Company(s): Kudos, Channel 4
Broadcatser: Channel 4