Half the rent
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Original title | Half the rent |
Country of production | Germany |
original language | German |
Publishing year | 2002 |
length | 90 minutes |
Age rating | FSK 12 |
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Director | Marc Ottiker |
script | Marc Ottiker |
production |
Ute Schneider , Wim Wenders |
music | Stefan Giuliani |
camera | Stefan Runge |
cut | Achim Seidel |
occupation | |
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Half rent is a crime film by Marc Ottiker from 2002 (alternative title: ½ rent). The international title is Half the Rent .
action
The computer geek Peter hacked into computers and sold the stolen data. When suddenly one day his paranoid girlfriend lies dead in the bathtub, he gets scared. He only escapes with a skateboard and laptop and ends up in Cologne . There he hides in a tenement house. Little by little he finds the house residents' key hiding spots. If the apartment owners are not there, he invades the apartments. At first he only sleeps, eats and shower, later he returns the favor with small things. He helps the writer Schrader (played by Thomas Kapielski ) with his book, and he plays chess with the shift worker Felder ( Sven Pippig ) . Paula suspects her ex-lover is behind the small gestures, but gets involved in the game. She answers the secret admirer by leaving lines of poetry and presents in her apartment. After a while, Peter gathers up all his courage. He enters the apartment while she is at home.
criticism
film-dienst : A meditation recorded with a digital camera in hyper-sharp images on uprooting, abandonment and loneliness, which may appear like an unfinished preliminary study, but is a utopian plan for life.
particularities
At the beginning of the film, the Blinkenlights light installation by the Chaos Computer Club at the teacher's house in Berlin can be seen briefly . The main actor first had to take a computer course for the scenes that show him as a hacker.
Awards
- Bermuda International Film Festival 2003: Special Mention
- Hof International Film Festival 2002: Production Design Award
- Brooklyn International Film Festival, Best Script
- Jeonjou International Film Festival, Digital Daring Award
- European Film Festival, Stuttgart, Screenplay Award of the Heinrich Böll Foundation "The bread of the early years"
Web links
- Half the battle in the Internet Movie Database (English)