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Playdurizm
Czech Republic 2020
produced by Martin Raiman, Steve Reverand for The LAB
directed by Gem Deger
starring Austin Chunn, Gem Deger, Issy Stewart, Christopher Hugh James Adamson, Jeff Fritz, Holden McNeil, Barbora Hankeová, Anastacia Adamska, Maggie Maxwell, Ollie Horsfall
story by Gem Deger, screenplay by Morris Stuttard, special makeup effects by Vlad Taupesh, Josef Rarach
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Demir (Gem Deger) wakes up in a glitzy apartment, with no idea how he
got there - or who he really is for that matter. He just feels he doesn't
belong there and thus wants to leave ... and runs into Andrew (Austin
Chunn), who claims this is actually Demir's apartment and he's Demir's
roommate. And he claims Demir has been suffering from amnesia before. Even
though it doesn't sound quite right, as this whole world doesn't feel
quite real, Demir accepts Andrew's explanation, also because he feels
weirdly drawn to Andrew. Enter Andrew's girlfriend Drew (Issy Stewart),
who buys nothing of Demir's amnesia-story and who thinks Demir just wants
to steal her man - so once Andrew's out, she tries to stab Demir, but in
the ensuing struggle gets hit on the head and knocked out herself - a
nasty scar for Andrew to sew shut. That evening, Drew overdoses and dies,
which doesn't bother Andrew too much, and he and Demir hide her body
inside the couch since they can't really call the authorities and can't
bring themselves to bury her. From here on, Andrew tries to fulfill each
and every of Demir's wishes and romance between the two men blossoms. And
yet, the world they live in shows more and more inconsistencies, and Demir
also starts to remember how he got here - and it's not pretty ... Playdurizm
sure is an unusual film, it's at its core an absurd black comedy made up
from thriller and horror elements, but with definite touches of surrealism
and the bizarre, all set in a world that feels intentionally unreal - and
all of this works, thanks to a clever script that's not half as brain
heavy as said blend might sound on paper and that aims at entertaining an
audience. And the direction really supports the story visually without
choking it with overbearing aeesthetics, while the actors play it as
straight as they can, given the absurdity of the story. And the result is
a truly fascinating trip that ought to be seen to be believed.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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