Despair
“A hysterical comedy”
DramaThriller
Berlin, 1930, during the rise of Nazism. Hermann Hermann, a Russian emigrant and chocolate manufacturer, married to the capricious Lydia, loses his temper more and more every day when dealing with his workers and other businessmen; until he meets Felix, a vagrant, who seems to be physically identical to him; a disconcerting fact that leads Hermann Hermann to plot a particular way out of a fake world he actually hates.
VIBE
A chilling descent into paranoia set against the backdrop of pre-war Berlin. The film's atmosphere is thick with dread, exploring themes of fractured identity and societal unease. It's a disquieting, slow-burn experience that lingers long after the credits roll.
dread-soakedunsettlingclaustrophobicmelancholicslow-burnEuropean arthouseperiod dramapsychological thrilleridentityparanoiasocietal decaydoppelgänger
berlingermanyhusband wife relationshipbased on novel or bookchocolaterepublic of weimardoppelgängernazismrussian emigre1930s
