Four Balloons and a Funeral

Four Balloons and a Funeral

88 mins | Drama, Family, Romance, TV Movie | Jan. 2, 2022

Florist Gwen is an employee in a flower wholesaler and is ensnared by her likable boss Joey, which the young woman does not mind. They both start an affair. The relationship with her constantly frustrated and stressful mother, Ellen, doesn't look that rosy. Thankfully, there is still her life partner Ron, the down-to-earth calm anchor of the family. While delivering flowers to the cemetery, Gwen falls into an open grave and passes out. When she wakes up again, an attractive and caring man bends over her. It is emergency doctor Lennard, a single widower with a lively teenage daughter whose wife was killed in a traffic accident a year ago. An ex-employee of her flower shop was then convicted. However, the circumstances remain mysterious. When the flower seller find out about this, she initially keep at distance. But then Gwen finds a red balloon in the garden with a message from the doctor's daughter Lilly to her dead mother, who breaks her heart, because she is a half-orphan herself.

Four Balloons and a Funeral

88 mins | Drama, Family, Romance, TV Movie | Jan. 2, 2022

Four Balloons and a Funeral
Florist Gwen is an employee in a flower wholesaler and is ensnared by her likable boss Joey, which the young woman does not mind. They both start an affair. The relationship with her constantly frustrated and stressful mother, Ellen, doesn't look that rosy. Thankfully, there is still her life partner Ron, the down-to-earth calm anchor of the family. While delivering flowers to the cemetery, Gwen falls into an open grave and passes out. When she wakes up again, an attractive and caring man bends over her. It is emergency doctor Lennard, a single widower with a lively teenage daughter whose wife was killed in a traffic accident a year ago. An ex-employee of her flower shop was then convicted. However, the circumstances remain mysterious. When the flower seller find out about this, she initially keep at distance. But then Gwen finds a red balloon in the garden with a message from the doctor's daughter Lilly to her dead mother, who breaks her heart, because she is a half-orphan herself.
Producers ZDF, FFP New Media GmbH, 2DF
Original title Rosamunde Pilcher: Vier Luftballons und ein Todesfall
Directors Nina Vukovic
Writers Karsten RĂ¼ter, Andreas Bradler, Rosamunde Pilcher

Cast

Meriel Hinsching

as Gwen Sherman

Moritz Otto

as Lennard Boyle

Bernd-Christian Althoff

as Joey Hamilton

Janina Hartwig

as Ellen Sherman

Andreas Hoppe

as Ron Wilshere

Eline Doenst

as Lilly Boyle

Tony King

as Arthur Price

Janina Painter

as Dr. Ruth Catley

Deborah Cordon

as Sara Grant

Kerry Hutchinson

as Mickey Grant

Kate Edney

as Anna Boyle

Colin Matthews

as Bestatter