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Retrospective

Helle Nächte

FromThomas Arslan

WithGeorg Friedrich, Tristan Göbel, Marie Leuenberger, Hanna Karlberg

Year2017

Duration86min.

LanguageGerman,
English

After the death of his father, who lived in Norway and was a stranger to him, Michael (Georg Friedrich) sets off from Berlin for the far north with his 14-year-old son Luis, who is also a stranger to him. After the funeral, Luis reluctantly agrees to spend a few days travelling and hiking through the lonely countryside together. However, the confined space in the car and tent does not bring them closer together; the atmosphere is tense, and the boy reacts to his father's attempts to make contact, to make up for lost time and compensate for his years of absence, with closedness and anger. Long car journeys – one of them lasting several minutes in increasingly dense fog – a spherical drone score and a few omissions characterise this minimalist father-son road movie. A small moment of reconciliation does not ultimately make for a happy ending. (B.K.)