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“How bad can a disease like Mantelzelllymphom, mantle cell lymphoma, be,
if it has three consecutive l’s in its name?
Isn’t that the ultimate morphological expression of comfort?
For example, and I quote from the dictionary,
Baumwolllaken (cotton sheet), Bestellliste (order list), Gemüsestillleben (vegetable still life), 
Helllila (light purple), Rollladen (roller shutter), Gerölllawine (debris flow). 
All beautiful words with happy associations.” 

Albert Farkas, the man portrayed here, is in no way inferior to his earlier namesake Karl Farkas when it comes to pitch-black Jewish humor, or more precisely, making jokes about things that are not necessarily funny. And he has found a filmmaking friend in Josephine Ahnelt, who accompanies Albert with a lot of heart and a keen eye...