is jenny harrison and weren't. welcome to arts and culture my guest today is a legend of german art house cinema she's been in the film business for more than 40 years now and continues to reinvent herself. has 2 films out at the moment a german comedy in which she plays a hippie grandmother who encourages shoplifting and a french language drama about a secret relationship between 2 women and which character once the love of her life to finally come out of the closet. and here she is bob thanks so much for coming on to arts and culture and finding the time because you're a very busy person these days thank you for having me i know i say you're very busy because you've got these 2 films out you actually live in new york city you're here and you're a promoting these 2 films i want to talk about both of your current movies let's start though with the german movie it's called. in german which translates to grandchildren for beginners this is pretty different for you're not really known for your comedic roles no i never