Gleißendes Glück

Don't be put off by the story which is devious, weird, even haut gout. This is a masterpiece in directing, cinematography, acting.

It was just one of my thoughts I had when I watched this. This is in many respects nothing like the movie Taxi Driver - it does however have a key moment of the movie fully blown into a theme ... kind of like, how not to talk or behave around women. Martina Gedeck can play weird characters and she is amazing in this. So no pun intended as always.

But telling a woman your "hobby" (for lack of a better word or expression), even more so if the main male character ("love interest") is supposed to be into psychology ... well maybe it does make sense. But not the way you may think it does.

While nothing is shown explicitly - well apart from nudity that is of course, you should not be too sensitive when it comes to the theme of sexuality ... also some violence ... it is not an easy movie to watch ... it tries to break barriers and it is not a how to guide ... it is two broken individuals .... both looking for love ... unable to form or express that in the confinements of how society sees it and approves of it ... you have to dig weirdness to say the least and go into quite the dark places ... mentally and otherwise ... this is not healthy (or happy in any sense of what we would attribute to it)! But well depicted!

Sometimes you are watching a movie and you are astonished. Dialogues have been written precisely for me and actors seems to be chosen by me. Although I seldom watch German movies, this one has been worth seeing.