Completed - GERMAN - Thriller - 96 minutes
Hagen's nights are plagued by interrupted sleep and disturbing nightmares. Dream and reality blur unstoppably. When his wife has an affair with Niko, a small time crook, it kicks off a merciless spiral that shatters the lives of both men.
Year of production : 2020 Director(s) : Moritz BLEIBTREU Writer(s) : Moritz BLEIBTREU Cast : Moritz BLEIBTREU, Jannis NIEWOHNER, Nadja UHL Producer(s) : Emek KAVUKCUOGLU (Paloma Entertainment GmbH), Moritz BLEIBTREU (Paloma Entertainment GmbH), Jan KRÜGER (Port au Prince Film & Kultur Produktion GmbH)
Two men, to lives, a fateful encounter: Hagen suffers from irregular phases of sleep in which he cannot decide between dream and reality. When his frustrated wife cheats on him with the small-time criminal Niko a series of disturbing events is set in motion and the lives of both men will never be the same. CORTEX is the directorial debut of the well-known actor Moritz Bleibtreu, whose acting credits include RUN LOLA RUN, THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX and SOUL KITCHEN.
Country(ies) : GERMANY
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Filmfest Hamburg 2020Zurich Film Festival 2020Tallinn Black Nights FF 2020 (Rebels With A Cause Competition)Miami IFF 2021Fantaspoa Fantastic FF 2021