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A Perception
Germany 2015
produced by Daniel Pfander
directed by Daniel Pfander
starring Hermes Phettberg, Rainer Meifert, Henning Gronkowski, Hanni Bergesch, Paulina Weiner, Caprice Crawford, Frank Künster, Bea Petke, Anett Schubert, Walter von Holtzendorff, Cem Özcarkir
written by Daniel Pfander, music by Hans Hafner
review by Mike Haberfelner
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The physically decaying Count von Hohenholz (Hermes Phettberg) lives in
his decaying estate in desperate need of money, reminiscing the good old
time, while his only company (besides his dog without hindlegs) is social
worker Jean-Jacques (Henning Gronkowski), who takes care of the Count
rather touchingly and takes all of his eccentricities in stride - which is
why the Count has taken to him, and he wants Jean-Jacques to be his heir
and the bearer of the family name, since he's planning to die soon
(assisted suicide is the option he has chosen) ... but there's still the
matter of the Count's son Konstantin (Rainer Meifert), a loser who has
brought nothing but shame to the family name (in the Count's view) and
who's presently pushing drugs to make a living. Then Konstantin arrives at
the estate with his new wife, ex-prostitute Nadja (Hanni Bergesch), and
Nadja's teenaged daughter from a former relationship Grace (Paulina
Weiner) - and it doesn't take the Count long to make up a plan for
Jean-Jacques to kill Konstantin ... while it doesn't take Jean-Jacques
long to shag both Nadja and Grace. But Konstantin's drug-pushing lifestyle
has put him on a few hitlists as well, and it's not long before everything
ends in chaos ... A Perception's central point is of
course its lead Hermes Phettberg, an Austrian celebrity who celebrated his
slightly grotesque appearance at the height of his TV-fame, but who has
since fallen into actual decay, mirroring the state of his character
perfectly. But that's not only a good thing, because Phettberg is someone
who's good at portraying himself, but he's not much of an actor, and his
diction is slurring and his dialogue riddled by endless unnecessary
repetitions which make his parts hard to follow. The rest of the cast is
solid, but they all seem to play caricatures rather than characters and
lack any real depth, while the script is cliché-ridden and lacks any
sense of irony. That said, the whole thing isn't without its rather decent
scenes and sequences, but as a whole fails to totally convince.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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