Underplayed Gems

We Might as Well Be Dead (2022)

We Might as Well Be Dead poster
Original title
Wir könnten genauso gut tot sein
Directed by
Natalia Sinelnikova
Genre
drama film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 20 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

More films like thisWatch the trailer

or watch the trailer on YouTube

How it feels

In a high-rise housing complex, a security guard's obsession with a lost dog and a new resident's strict rules create a growing sense of paranoia among the tenants. The film follows the residents as their community unravels under the pressure of hidden fears and social decay.

satiricaltenseunsettlingdarkly comicclaustrophobicbleakabsurduneasy

What happens

We Might As Well Be Dead (German: Wir könnten genauso gut tot sein) is a 2022 German-Romanian satirical comedy-drama film directed by Natalia Sinelnikova (in her directorial debut) and written by Sinelnikova & Viktor Gallandi. It stars Ioana Iacob and Pola Geiger. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? You can browse by genre, country and year, or take this one into the 3D catalogue and ask the Catbot for something closer.