Three men and a houseboat: Three crisis-plagued Stuttgarters sailed for a week on the Havel in the direction of Müritz. The unfamiliar and not so tranquil Dreisamkeit brings so many things to light, which has hitherto been successfully concealed and repressed. The summer boat trip paves the way to the realization that a turnaround in life could not hurt.
Acting
Three leads sell mid-40s panic with painful authenticity.
Cinematography
Flat German waterways somehow look hauntingly beautiful.
Writing
Awkward silences hit harder than the dialogue.
Director
Stefan Hering
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title references Jerome K. Jerome's 'Three Men in a Boat,' but swaps Victorian leisure for German existential dread.
Director Stefan Hering reportedly shot on actual Havel houseboats with minimal crew, explaining the claustrophobic realism.
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