Age of Cannibals (2014)

Original title

Zeit der Kannibalen

Directed by

Johannes Naber

Genre

drama film, comedy film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

12

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 57 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two business consultants travel to poor and corrupt countries to make shady deals but never leave their hotel rooms. The film follows their morally empty work and interactions.

satiricalclaustrophobictensecynicalstylizeddarkly comicbleakgrotesque

What happens

Age of Cannibals (German: Zeit der Kannibalen) is a 2014 German drama film directed by Johannes Naber, starring Devid Striesow, Katharina Schüttler and Sebastian Blomberg. It tells the story of two business consultants who travel to impoverished and corrupt countries where they make shady business deals, never having to leave their hotels. The film is made like a chamber play with stylised and grotesque acting. Principal photography took place from 8 January to 14 February 2013. The premiere took place at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival, where the film played in the section Perspektive Deutsches Kino. At the German Film Award 2015 it received the third-place prize in the category Best Fiction Film and the prize for Best Screenplay. It was also nominated for Best Direction. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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