It stars Peter Simonischek as an eccentric man who intrudes upon the life of his daughter, a career-focused business executive played by Sandra Hüller.

The film received wide acclaim from critics for Ade's direction and writing, as well as Simonischek's and Hüller's performances.

Winfried Conradi is a divorced music teacher from Aachen with a passion for bizarre pranks involving several fake personas.

Following the death of his beloved dog, he decides to reconnect with his daughter, Ines, who is pursuing a career in business consulting.

Winfried puts on sunglasses and fake teeth as a playful disguise, and approaches the group from the side while hiding behind a newspaper.

Stressed out from work, Ines oversleeps, missing a planned rendezvous with clients, and blames her father for not waking her up.

Ines continues with her work as normal, and several days later arranges to meet two female friends at a bar.

Ines is increasingly frustrated and unfulfilled in her work and personal life, but continues to encounter "Erdmann" sporadically at parties or outside her office.

In turn, "Erdmann" takes Ines to a Romanian family's Easter party, where he forces her into a reluctant performance of Whitney Houston's "Greatest Love of All".

Back at her flat, Ines is preparing to host a business team-building brunch to celebrate her birthday.

She struggles to zip up her tight dress, realizes her shoes don't match, and attempts to change clothes.

As the party becomes increasingly awkward, Winfried arrives dressed in a full-body Bulgarian kukeri costume.

Winfried lies down on the grass, exhausted, and then seeks help from a hotel desk to remove the costume's head.

While talking with Winfried in the garden, Ines grabs the fake teeth from his shirt pocket and puts them on.

The character of Winfried was loosely based on Ade's own father, who wore a pair of fake teeth she gave him as a gag gift to play practical jokes.

[8][9] The film was originally accepted into the festival's less prestigious Un Certain Regard section, but the night before the April press conference Ade and her producer were informed that it had been selected to compete for the Palme d'Or.

[10] Shortly thereafter, Sony Pictures Classics and Thunderbird Releasing acquired US, Latin American and UK distribution rights to the film, respectively.

[40] On February 7, 2017, Variety announced that Paramount Pictures had signed Jack Nicholson and Kristen Wiig for an American remake of the film, with Adam McKay, Will Ferrell, and Jessica Elbaum as producers.