The cop Kahnitz wants to finish off the little gangster Ben. The young undercover policewoman Melody is supposed to tempt him to make his final break. What Melody doesn't know is that Kahnitz and Ben are connected by a dark chapter in their past, and Melody is supposed to help Kahnitz settle his old scores. But the intriguing game of love, hate, crime and betrayal inevitably drags everyone involved into a bloody showdown...
Acting
Krebitz walks the tightrope between vulnerability and calculation.
Direction
Kaufmann's playful cruelty keeps you off-balance.
Writing
The title's a lie — the goodbye is anything but short.
Director
Rainer Kaufmann
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of the post-Tarantino wave of German crime films that mixed irony with genuine nihilism.
Nicolette Krebitz directed herself in the similarly twisted 'Wild' (2016) — she clearly has a type.
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