Revanche
A film by Götz Spielmann
In a ragged section of Vienna, hardened ex-con Alex (Johannes Krisch) works as an assistant in a brothel, where he falls for Ukrainian hooker Tamara (Irina Potapenko). Their desperate plans for escape unexpectedly intersect with the lives of a rural cop (Andreas Lust) and his seemingly content wife (Ursula Strauss). With meticulous, elegant direction, Spielmann creates a tense, existential, and surprising portrait of vengeance and redemption, and a journey into the darkest forest of human nature, in which violence and beauty exist side by side.
Critical Reaction
Nominee – Best Foreign Language Film, 2009 Academy Awards
Winner – Best European Film, Berlin Film Festival
Dynamite! A gorgeous, brooding, unpredictable neo-noir.
—Andrew O’Hehir, SalonDeserves comparison with Grade-A Hitchcock.
—The Seattle Times
External Links
- Official site
- View the trailer
- Roger Ebert review, Sun-Times
- Michael Phillips review, Chicago Tribune
- Ben Kenigsberg review, Time Out Chicago
- Ray Pride review, Newcity
- Andrea Gronvall review, Chicago Reader
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Technical Information
- Production Year
- 2008
- Country of Production
- Austria
- Language
- German, Russian with English subtitles
- Running Time
- 121 min
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