Completed - GERMAN - Thriller - 97 minutes
A highly suspenseful and compelling hostage thriller about the issue of gentrification – and the good souls who lose along the way. Nail-biting and tragic right until the very surprising end.
Year of production : 2018 Director(s) : Gregor ERLER Writer(s) : Gregor ERLER, Benjamin KARALIC Cast : Matthias ZIESING, Pegah FERYDONI , Moritz HEIDELBACH Producer(s) : Gregor ERLER (Koenigsgarten UG ), Matthias ZIESING (film13 GbR ), Christopher CORNELSEN (Cornelsen Films GmbH )
The last un-renovated building in a trendy Berlin neighbourhood is being vacated. The former tenants are moving out, but Dietmar refuses to budge. His son Tobias tries to convince him to move into social housing. However, his father resists and the situation between Tobias, his father, and the buildings realtor, who seems to be there by chance, escalates and gets completely out of hand. A highly suspenseful and compelling hostage thriller about the issue of gentrification – and the good souls who lose along the way. Nail-biting and tragic right until the very surprising end.
Country(ies) : GERMANY
Hofer Filmtage 2019 (Official Selection )Manchester International Film Festival 2019 (Best Feature Film)Manchester International Film Festival 2019 (Best Foreign Feature Film)15th Annual Accolade Global Film Festival 2019 (Award of Excellence Special Mention: Gregor Erler)10th Annual IndieFEST Film Awards 2019 (Best of Show)FICOCC Five Continents International Film Festival 2019 (Best Cinematography )FICOCC Five Continents International Film Festiva 2019 (Best Production Design )London Independent Film Awards 2019 (Best Foreign Feature Film )Around International Film Festival 2019Action On Film International Film Festival 20196th Genrenale 2019