And Tomorrow the Entire World

Never have I seen a film come so close to making a point and then miss the mark entirely. The acting is fantastic, especially by lead Emde, the cinematography is striking, and the editing is well done. But the script reads like a first year's essay on Free Speech and Fascism that didn't bother to do any real research. For a much better version of this film, check out "The East."

The leftists are routinely portrayed as idealistics and somewhat naives. The director, despite her own experience, does not avoid this portrait, although it focuses on the well-known friction between fighting with the same weapons as the enemy, about turning into a wolf to face the wolf. "If it had been done in 1930, Nazism would not have existed." That is a good justification. But showing left-wing extremists as immature and naive makes the debate too simplistic.

Winston Churchill said, "The fascists of the future will call themselves anti-fascists."

And this film is precisely about this left-fascist antifa. It gives a good look at the violence with which these organizations operate: the training in violent sports, the beating up of people who think differently, the destruction of cars of political opponents.

In this orgy of violence, a somewhat naive law student of noble birth ends up through a girlfriend. And she gets carried away in this.

The film itself has little story or content.

The movie captured some media interest in Germany when it was screened in Venice film festival but was also critisised by leftists focussing on the childish and psychotic behaviour of the antifascist group. So I was at least curious. Well, the movie doesn't live up to expectations. The story is a bit dull and I had a hard time to follow it. Shooting and edit is not bad but the visual side also failed to hold up my interest. On the positive side I think the acting is at least authentic and the movie lacks the usual dose of policial indoctrination.

This movie shows the different ways of defending and idea. We know violence is bad but is it ok to use it for the greater good? I personally don't think so but this film makes you think.

Some things are never gonna change, politics is personal.

It's better to have a belief than have none at all.