Almost Heaven (DVD) by Ed Herzog NEW

Helen has always dreamt of singing at Nashville’s Bluebird Café. She may not have the greatest voice in town, but that isn’t even her biggest problem. Helen only has a few weeks left to live. Since it’s now or never, the young German wants to give it a try – against the wishes of her narrow-minded husband who feels she should spend her last weeks in more dignified surroundings. Decked out in a cowboy hat and boots, she sets off for Nashville – and lands in Jamaica. Wrong plane. Wrong place. Wrong music. She soon ends up in the calculating hands of Rosie, a saucy local whose morals are as skimpy as her skirts. With Rosie’s ”help,“ Helen makes it to Montego Bay, but soon has no money left to leave the island. She has no better luck singing for her supper: a German woman crooning country ballads isn’t exactly what American tourists want in Jamaica. With time running out, Helen begins to let go of her dream and her life. But now it’s Rosie who reaches out and brings her back. For the first time in her life Rosie begins to care for so someone other than herself. And while Little Bay ain’t the Bluebird Café, it’s got the friends and the vibes that mean more to Helen now than anything else.