Grill Point

Grill Point

2002 · 111 min · DE · 6.6 (35 votes)
Dir. Andreas Dresen · Starring Steffi Kühnert, Gabriela Maria Schmeide, Thorsten Merten, Axel Prahl, Janko Brett, Miro De Vittoris
ComedyDrama

Christian is a presenter at a small radio station. His wife Katrin directs traffic in a car park. Both are friends with Uwe, who runs a fast food kiosk, and Ellen, who works in a perfume shop. Their four lives are stuck in a rut. Until the day Chris and Ellen sleep together and upset the balance of the two couples...

VIBE

A quiet, observational drama that captures the mundane desperation of ordinary lives. It feels like a long, lingering look at quiet dissatisfaction and the faint whispers of hope for escape, all rendered with a stark, unvarnished realism.

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