Everyone inevitably makes mistakes, some of which are innocuous and some of which are regrettable for the rest of their lives. Those unforgettable mistakes have plunged the people involved into deep despair, spent days and nights in condemnation, and some people choose to spend the rest of their lives to repay and repent of their past mistakes.
"The Man Who Sold Awnings" tells a heartwarming and healing story that teaches people how to face their mistakes bravely. The life of the girl Kim and her stepfather Haiko is not harmonious, and Haiko will always mention his father Ronald, who left before the age of two and a half, intentionally or unintentionally, and his words are full of sarcasm and ridicule. Eventually, everything changes, and during a pool barbecue, Kim accidentally ignites his younger brother, who is playing with fire, and is sent to his biological father, Ronald, for a six-week vacation. For the first time since he can remember, Kim saw his biological father.
Kim is disillusioned with Ronald and devastated by her father's place of residence, so she plans to escape from here. However, during a conversation with his father, Kim discovers that Ronald used to be friends with Heiko, and it seems that Ronald once made a huge mistake that caused the two to stop dating. Ronald is a parasol salesman, and he has more than 3,000 parasols in his warehouse, and he has only sold 200 in the last fourteen years, but Ronald is still holding on to the job.
The girl became curious about her biological father and put her plans to escape from the place on hold for a while, but later met the boy Alik, the repairman Lutz, the beer house owner Klaus and others, and gradually liked the rhythm of life here. However, Kim has always wondered what mistakes Ronald made back then, and what kind of untold story lies behind his ascetic life. So, Kim chose to accompany his father to sell parasols, and in the process, the relationship between father and daughter was gradually brought closer, and Ronald gradually confided in the truth of the year.
Ronald and Heiko lived in the period when East and West Germany were divided, and the two were once friends who talked about everything, but that all changed with the appearance of Kim's mother. Because of jealousy, because of fear, a young man betrayed his friendship and ended up being punished himself, who would forever resell those parasols in the warehouses of the industrial park. Ronald clearly realized his mistake and punished himself with an ascetic life, but his behavior was not a way to escape?
With Kim's efforts, Heiko and Ronald finally let go of their hearts, and although they failed to sit together in the end to reach a reconciliation, they have lost the hatred and guilt between them. Sadly, after the screws of the last parasol were used up, Ronald said goodbye to this world as if he had completed his mission. Looking back on his life, although he failed to get the love of his lover, he once had friendship and the affection of his daughter, which was the best reward for him after completing the atonement.