Dir: Gotz Spielmann / Germany / 2008 / 122 mins / Cert: CLUB Johannes Krisch, Irina Potapenko, Andreas Lust, Ursula Strauss Language: German
One-to-watch Götz Spielmann’s multi award-winning film is a suspense-filled thriller, full of jarring angularities, perfectly composed scenes and dollops of steamy sex.
Alex (Krisch) is a tightly wound ex-con working in a Viennese brothel. His only respite is his love for Ukrainian prostitute Tamara (Potapenko) who reluctantly plies her trade in the same brothel. Out in the sun-dappled countryside, lovers Susanne (Strauss) and inexperienced cop Robert (Lust) have just moved into their new home.
Two couples in seemingly diametrical opposition are brought into one another’s spheres after a botched robbery sets Spielmann’s taut tale in motion.
