Directed by:
Bastian GüntherScreenplay:
Bastian GüntherCinematography:
Michael KotschiCast:
Ulrich Tukur, Garret Dillahunt, Wolfram Koch, Jenny Schily, Scott Jefferies, Kasey James, Marta Martin, Jens Münchow, Caroline Schreiber, Yorck Dippe (more)Plots(1)
True, Clemens Trunschka does wear an elegant, well-fitting suit to work, but otherwise he’s pretty much a drunken loser who finds a bottle better company than his wife. Yet he jumps at the chance to fly to the United States to headhunt an American CEO for a German company – and the chase is on. But the adventure ends up heading in a completely different direction than Clemens had hoped, and a feeling grows that the protagonist would be far happier someplace else. Sterility becomes a stylistic principle and the dominant mood. Masterfully filmed with precise attention to detail, the movie makes skillful use of ironic mockery to observe the hero’s efforts, but it also employs cool analytical observation of the type represented in German cinema by Christian Petzold. Günther, too, keeps his foot on the emotional brakes, resulting in a film that engulfs the viewer in an atmosphere of sustained tension. In the end, in a world of futile toil, lurking beneath all the great assignments and business ambitions, it is possible to find hope. But what does it consist of? (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Ulrich Tukur
West Germany
Best movies:
The Lives of Others (2006)
North Face (2008)
The White Rose (1982)
Garret Dillahunt
USA
Best movies:
No Country for Old Men (2007)
12 Years a Slave (2013)
Amigo (2010)
Wolfram Koch
France
Best movies:
Ansichten eines Clowns (1976)
The Captain (2017)
Night Before Eyes (2008) (TV movie)
Jenny Schily
West Germany
Best movies:
The Strange Little Cat (2013)
The Legend of Rita (2000)
Dark Woods (2020) (series)
Scott Jefferies
USA
Best movies:
Machete (2010)
The Tree of Life (2011)
Houston (2013)
Kasey James
USA
Best movies:
Django Unchained (2012)
Puncture (2011)
Houston (2013)
Marta Martin
Germany
Best movies:
Close to the Horizon (2019)
Vampire Sisters (2012)
Vampire Sisters 2: Bats in the Belly (2014)
Jens Münchow
West Germany
Best movies:
Armin (2007)
A Friend of Mine (2006)
54 Hours (2018) (series)
Caroline Schreiber
West Germany
Best movies:
Besondere Schwere der Schuld (2014) (TV movie)
Snowland (2005)
Side Effects (2007) (TV movie)
Yorck Dippe
Best movies:
Tatort (1970) (series)
Houston (2013)
Nord bei Nordwest (2014) (series)
Maurizio Magno
Best movies:
Ruby Red (2013)
Shiverstone Castle (2016)
Kokowääh 2 (2013)
Sascha Brungs
West Germany
Best movies:
Houston (2013)
Julin
USA
Best movies:
Puncture (2011)
Mardi Gras (2011)
The Final (2010)
Alfred Castillo Jr.
Best movies:
Houston (2013)
Alexis Schvartzman
Best movies:
Houston (2013)