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Counterparts
(Germany, 2007, 100 minutes)
A quiet police officer in line for a promotion has in fact a hellish home life with his deranged, abusive wife of almost twenty years. Bleak, stifling melodrama of dysfunctional marriage that is powerfully performed and handled while eluding a comfortable ending for the viewer.
A Heimatfilm presentation/production in co-production with WDR, with the support of Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen. Starring Matthias Brandt, Victoria Trauttmansdorff, Wotan Wilke Möhring. Directed by Jan Bonny; produced by Bettina Brokemper; written by Jan Bonny and Christina Ebelt; director of photography (Cine Post Geyer), Bernhard Keller; production designer, Tim Pannen; costume designer, Frauke Firl; film editor, Stefan Stabenow.
(Germany, 2007, 100 minutes)
A quiet police officer in line for a promotion has in fact a hellish home life with his deranged, abusive wife of almost twenty years. Bleak, stifling melodrama of dysfunctional marriage that is powerfully performed and handled while eluding a comfortable ending for the viewer.
A Heimatfilm presentation/production in co-production with WDR, with the support of Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen. Starring Matthias Brandt, Victoria Trauttmansdorff, Wotan Wilke Möhring. Directed by Jan Bonny; produced by Bettina Brokemper; written by Jan Bonny and Christina Ebelt; director of photography (Cine Post Geyer), Bernhard Keller; production designer, Tim Pannen; costume designer, Frauke Firl; film editor, Stefan Stabenow.
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