A department store security guard is secretely in love with a clerk in the store's bookshop. He regularly watches her over the in-house security cameras and follows her in the evenings to the train. When he witnesses his apparent rival being attacked in the train, he gets off instead of helping him - a decision with devastating consequences.
Original title:
Auf der Strecke
Director:
Reto Caffi
Script:
Reto Caffi, Philippe Zweifel
Cinematography:
Piotr Rosolowski
Music:
Ivo Ubezio, Daniel Jakob, Oli Kuster
Others:
Editing: Thomas Bachmann; Sound: Marc von Stürler; Sound Design: Andreas Hildebrandt
Production:
Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln
Cast:
Roeland Wiesnekker, Catherine Janke, Leonardo Nigro, Hanspeter Bader, André Meyer, Julie Bräuning, Roland Bonjour
Dialogue:
German, Swiss German
Subtitles:
German
Clearance of minors:
12 years
FBW rating:
particularly valuable
Licensed territory:
Worldwide
Website:
http://www.retocaffi.com
Student Academy Award 2008, Jury and Audience Award German Competition, ISFF Hamburg 2008