Reclaim Your Brain (2007)

Original title

Free Rainer - Dein Fernseher lügt

Directed by

Hans Weingartner

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany, Austria

Runtime

2h 04m

Rated

12

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 96 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A cynical television producer has a change of heart after a personal tragedy linked to his shows. He sets out to sabotage his own network and fight a conspiracy that keeps TV programming dumbed down.

rebellioussatiricaldarkly comictenseenergeticthought-provoking

What happens

Reclaim Your Brain (German: Free Rainer – Dein Fernseher lügt) is a 2007 German film directed by Hans Weingartner. The film stars Moritz Bleibtreu as Reiner, a television producer who has become rich and successful off trashy television programming; one day, however, Pegah (Elsa Sophie Gambard) crashes her car into his as revenge for her grandfather committing suicide as a result of one of his shows, leading him on a crusade to make more intelligent programming and uncover a vast conspiracy in the broadcast industry to keep the quality level of television shows low. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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