Age of Cannibals

Age of Cannibals

2014 · 93 min · DE · 6.8 (51 votes)
Dir. Johannes Naber · Starring Devid Striesow, Sebastian Blomberg, Katharina Schüttler, Joana Adu-Gyamfi, Jaymes Butler, Steve Ellery · Music Cornelius Schwehr
Drama

Öllers and Niederländer have everything under control. For the past six years, the two successful business consultants have been traveling through some of the seediest countries around the world in order to satisfy their clients greed. They have achieved almost everything, but there is one career move left: to finally become a partner in the company! When they find out that their team colleague Hellinger made the cut, they are at their wits end. Up or Out is the name of the game. The fact that Hellinger falls from an office window for no explainable reason doesnt seem to help the situation. Of all people, the young and ambitious Bianca steps in for Hellinger. Öllers and Niederländer are irritated, sarcasm spreads, neuroses break out. The fight for survival within the company takes its toll the AGE OF CANNIBALS dawns.

VIBE

A suffocatingly tense dive into the cutthroat world of corporate ambition. Watch as ambition curdles into paranoia and desperation, exposing the dark underbelly of success. It's a grim, darkly funny look at the ultimate 'up or out' mentality.

tensecynicalanxiousunsettlingsteadycorporate satirepsychological dramadarkly comedicambitioncorporate culturesurvivalgreed
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