Andrea lässt sich scheiden

Josef Hader is back in the cinema and once again presents audiences with his famous laconic humour. ANDREA LÄSST SICH SCHEIDEN tells of unrealised dreams, missed happiness and fateful encounters - an astutely observant analysis of a village society and a plea against any longing for country life.

Andrea, a policewoman in provincial Lower Austria, wants to end her unhappy marriage and start a new job as a detective inspector in St. Pölten. After a birthday party, her still-husband gets drunk and runs out in front of her car. In shock, Andrea commits a hit-and-run. She is then astonished to see someone else willingly accept her guilt: Franz, a religious teacher and dry alcoholic, believes himself to be the culprit and is thought to be so by everyone else in the village. While Franz starts drinking again and staggers unerringly towards his downfall, Andrea endeavours to cover her tracks.