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Jerichow, Schramm Film Koerner & Weber in Coproduktion mit dem Bayerischen Rundfunk und ARTE ; einem film von Christian Petzold ; produzenten, Florian Koerner von Gustorf, Michael Weber ; buch und regie, Christian Petzold

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Jerichow

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Schramm Film Koerner & Weber in Coproduktion mit dem Bayerischen Rundfunk und ARTE ; einem film von Christian Petzold ; produzenten, Florian Koerner von Gustorf, Michael Weber ; buch und regie, Christian Petzold

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The eternal triangle: a rich guy; his bored, beautiful, blond wife; and a rugged stranger, down on his luck and ready for action. What more do you need? In this case, to know that the rich guy is a Turk who is still, despite having spent virtually his entire life in Germany, a permanent outsider. That the hot blond wife has a colorful past and owes large debts (which hubby now holds over her head). That the rugged stranger is a former soldier who received a dishonorable discharge after serving in Afghanistan, living in his dead mother's house. Jerichow is a nondescript spot in the former East Germany, where capitalism still has a somewhat primitive, half-criminal feel. The film conveys a sense of desperation and defeat, and highlights that what can happen at the crossroads of lust, loneliness, and materialism

Funeral -- Looking for work -- Car accident -- Job offer -- Driving test -- Deliveries -- Spying -- Beach -- Stolen moments -- Ali's teachings -- In the woods -- Laura's secret -- Ali's secret -- Together -- Plan -- Ali's confession -- Discovery -- End credits

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