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MPA - Medical Psychological Assessment

MPA - Medical Psychological Assessment

By Robert Bohrer

2011 | 6 min | Shorts

Robert Bohrer's short comedy looks at the bête noire of many a drunk driver in Germany, MPU - MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT. Two years of preparing for the MPU to get back a driver’s license and two years of being sober... well, not really... and today is the final test and the most important conversation with the psychologist. Hold on: today? TODAY??? On this Monday morning, as Frankie leaves a Berlin club with his girlfriend Lanka, he realizes that he has totally forgotten about his big MPU ...

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