What you can not see
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | What you can not see |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2009 |
| length | 89 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Wolfgang Fischer |
| script | Wolfgang Fischer |
| production | Joachim Ortmanns |
| music | Wilhelm Stegmeier |
| camera | Martin Gschlacht |
| cut | Isabel Meier |
| occupation | |
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What you don't see is a German feature film from 2009 . The director Wolfgang Fischer developed the script for his debut film Was Du nicht Siehst when he received a scriptwriting grant at the Munich script workshop from 2005 to 2006 .
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17-year-old Anton is still suffering from his father's suicide when he goes on vacation to Brittany with his mother Luzia and her new partner Paul . In the neighboring holiday home, Anton meets David and Katja, a couple of the same age who are in love, who both fascinate and unsettle him. Both are casual, wild, passionate and brave. Anton falls in love with Katja, who seems to reciprocate his feelings without changing anything in her relationship with David, who reacts aggressively to the rapprochement between the two. Finally Anton suspects that David and Katja are siblings, whereupon they tell him that the holiday home belongs to their deceased parents and that they regularly go on vacation there. When Paul suddenly misses his dog, David shows him to Anton lying motionless on the floor in an extension of his house. He kills him with a sculpture on the grounds that he must have eaten rat poison and that there is no more help. Anton doesn't dare to tell Paul about it. Instead, he tries to convince him that the dog will never be found again, but listlessly goes on an extensive search with him and Luzia. Although Anton cannot develop a relationship with his mother's new partner, during the search he gives his consent for Luzia to let Paul move in with them in Germany. Back at the holiday home, Paul finds his dog with the statue, remembers Anton's remarks that he would never be found, and suspects him to be involved in the crime. Desperate, Anton picks up the statue and kills Paul from behind with it. The police, suspected not to be a homicide, conclude during their brief investigation that Paul sustained his injuries from an unfortunate fall and close the process.
In the last scene, Luzia and Anton pack for departure, while the family who actually owns it arrives in the neighboring house. They have son and daughter between the ages of eight and ten. Both wear clothes that are very similar to those of David and Katja. The end of the film leaves it open whether Anton only imagined the older siblings or whether David and Katja only lived illegally in the neighboring house.
Reviews
Filmstarts praised the atmospheric density of the film.
Der Spiegel praises the director for leaving the interpretation of the ending to the viewer.
Web links
- What you do not see the Internet Movie Database (English)
- What you don't see at filmportal.de (with trailer and photo gallery)
- What you don't see in the lexicon of international films
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for What You Don't See . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , June 2010 (PDF; test number: 123 106 K).
- ↑ Article on film starts
- ↑ Article in the mirror