About a man who suffers hell on earth after accidentally hitting his girlfriend. Richard, actor in a daily soap opera, wants to brighten up his crisis-prone girlfriend Katja and organizes a birthday party. After the guests had left, he wants to sleep with her, but she doesn't want to. When Katja playfully repulses his advances, Richard inadvertently knocks her unconscious.
Acting
Detlef Bothe's sweaty desperation is physically uncomfortable to watch.
Direction
Bothe directs himself into complete pathetic breakdown.
Writing
The party from hell escalates with surgical precision.
Director
Detlef Bothe
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Detlef Bothe wrote, directed, and starred—this is deeply personal chaos energy in triple duty.
The 2004 German indie scene loved punishing male protagonists; this fits the 'Berlin School' adjacent discomfort cinema.
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