IM SCHATTEN

Im Schatten

A film by Thomas Arslan. On July 27th and 28th at the fsk. In German.

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Trojan is released from jail and goes straight back to his pro­fes­si­on as a cri­mi­nal. He gets hold of a wea­pon and looks out for new jobs. In just a few takes, Thomas Arslan sets up the anony­mous world of his gangs­ter prot­ago­nist by fal­ling back on motifs and cha­rac­ters from the gen­re. The back­room of a car work­shop, par­king lots, fur­nis­hed apart­ments. One meets men and women who dis­trust each other becau­se they are all out to line their own pockets. The set­ting chan­ges con­stant­ly, with sur­veil­lan­ce and cha­se sce­nes pro­vi­ding a dyna­mic nar­ra­ti­ve rhythm. Since crime makes up Trojan’s dai­ly exis­tence, the film con­cen­tra­tes enti­re­ly on the tech­ni­cal natu­re of a life out­side the law. The redu­ced and clear-cut images – shot with a Red came­ra – high­light the exact sequence of events. Im Schatten is a gen­re film that focu­ses con­sis­t­ent­ly on the mecha­nics and exter­nal pro­cess of a crime. It deve­lo­ps a sen­se of gre­at sus­pen­se, wit­hout bur­de­ning its figu­res with per­so­nal sto­ries. Each hand move­ment has to be right. All of a sud­den, the ques­ti­on of whe­ther Trojan will mana­ge to start the geta­way car on time beco­mes a gre­at movie moment.

Credits:

DE 2010, 85 Min., DF
Regie: Thomas Arslan
Kamera: Reinhold Vorschneider
Schnitt: Bettina Blickwede
mit Mišel Matičević, Karoline Eichhorn, Uwe Bohm, Rainer Bock, David Scheller, Peter Kurth

Trailer:
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