Schnüschen celebrates New Year’s Even in the Hunsrück and decides to get married soon. As she and Hermann look after the children of friends, she tries to convince him of the advantages of a perfect household. The wedding takes place soon after and a huge party is held for the friends.Clarissa goes to Paris to play for a famous cello teacher. On her return she hurries to her own wedding reception where everyone has given up hope of her ever arriving. Her husband-to-be, but not her lover, is Volker Schimmelpfennig, a young avant-garde composer and excellent pianist.Juan tries to die.The Pope bans the Pill and it is already 1964.
Mrs Elisabeth Cerphal, the owner of the villa where Hermann’s friends have their informal arts society, is in the limelight for The Eternal Daughter. The…
