Stille Reserven

Austria / Germany / Switzerland • 2016 • 96m •

• Directed by: Valentin Hitz. • Starring: Clemens Schick, Lena Lauzemis, Daniel Olbrychski, Markus Allram, Ilhami Arslan, Sasa Barbul, Stefan Bernhard, Bernhard Brenner, Stanislaus Dick, Stipe Erceg, Gerhard Fitzky, Stefan Gorski, Jakob Hofer. • Music by: Balz Bachmann.

Vincent Baumann works at an insurance company and only has his career in mind. For his own profit and rise within the hierarchy of his profession, he doesn't take anyone in consideration...

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Maybe it's because I am German, that this hit me more than some others. I couldn't find anything wrong with it. The whole atmosphere is kind of a dark office style. 60s mixed with late 2020s and a bit of 40s. The plot isn't too deep but it is very concerning. Basically people's bodies have to work off their debts by working when dead. Either by having information extracted, as incubation machines or as organ donors. Intertwined is a weird love story with two strange but likeable characters. That's it. However, even the simplest story can be told in a very intriguing way. This is one of them. Never loud, no shocks, no tricks to keep people artificially interested. You actually have to listen and concentrate and really get immersed. Best in the dark, wrapped in a blanket with no distraction. For those that can do that, you are in for a really good 90 min.

I wasn't bored once. If the plot thins, which it really doesn't, you can look at the background and the details. The gloominess and how people are trying to find happiness in simpler things. I am normally quite unemotional but this actually made me feel sad at the end.

Don't watch it if you want a boom boom, whaaaaa, clicky clacky, bang bang sci-fi with aliens and dinosaurs.

Review by ncoleby from the Internet Movie Database.

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