Axiom

Germany / 2022 / German / 112 minutes / DCP / Color
Director: Jöns Jönsson
Cast: Moritz Treuenfels, Ricarda Seifried, Thomas Schubert

The perfect cautionary tale for these spurious times, as we are bombarded by stories of fake billionaires and phoney business gurus, channeling Thomas Ripley and Anna Delvey, chanting “fake it til you make it” through a smokescreen of lies. Jönsson presents us with Julius, an eloquent and charismatic young man, who invites his museum colleagues on a sailing trip. Once aboard his family’s luxurious vessel, his carefully constructed web of deceit begins to unravel, as Julius is exposed to be a far cry from what he claims to be.