Despair
“A hysterical comedy”
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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.
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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
berlin, germanyhusband wife relationshipbased on novel or bookbusinessmanchocolateidentityparanoiaidentity crisisattempt to escapepainterrepublic of weimaralienationantisemitismmental illnessmadnessassumed identitydoppelgängerinsurance policy
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