Sebastian and Paul are two bored boys about 16 years of age. They drink alcohol, steal - and attend a private school. They can't find a sense of meaning in their present adolescent existence. They abduct Sonja and lock her in an old, abandoned factory building. But what shall they do with her? Disorientation, fear, desire and also love are changing into cruel aggression.
Acting
Trepte and Moya capture dangerous aimlessness terrifyingly well.
Direction
Urthaler refuses to sensationalize what lesser directors would exploit.
Cinematography
Bleak factory spaces mirror the hollow souls inside.
Director
Eva Urthaler
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'bromance' keyword isn't accidental—Urthaler frames their violence as twisted courtship ritual between the boys.
Part of a wave of 2000s European cinema exploring 'Haneke-esque' youth violence without Haneke's formal distance.
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