Completed - GERMAN - Drama, Thriller - 98 minutes
With “Kahlschlag” UCM.ONE is bringing the new film by Max Gleschinski to German cinemas on the film label Artkeim². “Kahlschlag” with Florian Bartholomäi, Bernhard Conrad, Maike Johanna Reuter and Jan ‘Monchi’ Gorkow is a top-class genre cinema from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Year of production : 2021 Director(s) : Max GLESCHINSKI Writer(s) : Max GLESCHINSKI Cast : Florian BARTHOLOMÄI, Bernhard CONRAD, Maike Johanna REUTER, Jan ‘monchi’ GORKOW, Arne FUHRMANN
Martin and Eric grew up in a small village in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. They have been friends since they were little boys and met when they were fishing, and from then on went to the lake together every Sunday. But their friendship is also marked by rivalry, because on one of their trips together they also met Frenni, who both fell in love with. The three of them roamed the woods and fields as children and remained friends when they grew up and Frenni got together with Eric. The couple is inseparable and very much in love, and this great love and the friendship of the threesome is only repeatedly tested by the drunken attacks by Eric’s unpredictable, aggressive twin brother Basti.One day, an incident occurs that shatters the three friends’ tranquil lives. Frenni then flees into the arms of Martin, who doesn’t ask any questions and gladly takes in his childhood love, albeit with a bad conscience towards his old friend.Three years after the terrible events, Basti is dead and Martin lives with Frenni in a quiet family home on his parents’ farm. The contact to Eric has broken off completely. But one day, shortly after his brother’s funeral, Eric stands at their door and asks Martin to join him on a last trip together to the lake of their childhood days. Reluctantly and plagued by bad premonitions, Martin gets into Eric’s van at dawn. At first everything seems to be quite normal, the two men arrive at their old fishing spot and sit down at the lake with a beer. Eric begins to review the events of the past, but soon his tone changes and Martin begins to fear more and more for his life.A brutal game of cat and mouse takes its course, while Frenni, who has seen Martin get into Eric’s car, has a horrible premonition of what this fishing trip might lead to. Alarmed, she tries to get to the lake and prevent the worst…
Country(ies) : GERMANY
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