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Germany, feature film, colour, 2016/17
Director: Alain Gsponer
Genre: Drama
Duration: 114 mins
Main Cast: Jannis Niewöhner, Alicia von Rittenberg and Fahri Yardim
This is the film version of Ödön von Horvath's novel of the same name, written in 1937. The story takes place in the near future and depicts a completely digitalized world where moral values and feelings are no longer of importance. Everything depends on high performance and efficiency. “Weaklings” are sifted out and forced to live in slums. The scene is set in a camp for high performers, way up in the mountains, hermetically sealed off from the rest of society. Every year, the best high school graduates compete against each other here for a place at one of the elite universities. One of these students is Zach. He is not at all interested in this dogged competitiveness and distances himself from the others. Nadesh, a very ambitious student, is fascinated by him but she soon realizes that Zach's attitude puts the entire system at risk. One day Zach meets the rebellious Ewa outside camp. She is part of a group of youngsters who have turned against the meritocratic society and live illegaly in the woods surrounding the camp. But then a young student is murdered and the situation begins to escalate.
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