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Despite the reservations of her son Patrick (Philipp Hochmair), who
would just love to send her to a retirement home, 70-something Mrs.
Pospisil (Berta Kammer) insists on living on her own, even if taking care
of herself proves to be more and more taxing. It becomes especially taxing
when she discovers a crack in the wall through which ants make their way
into her apartment, and no matter how often she spackles over it, the
crack not only re-opens but also increases in size. And before long, Mrs.
Pospisil has to come to the conclusion it's not just ants bugging her.
After all ants can't open jars of would steal pearl necklaces. This is
also when the night terrors start. At first, she suspects Patrick,
believing he wants to take possession of her apartment ... until she
manages to trace what's happening directly back to the crack, figuring
there must be a being living in the walls. Now she's nothing if not
resourceful and lays whatever it is a trap to lure it out and fight it one
on one - and she sure manages to hold her own against the creature warding
it off. But it's no win, just a fight to a standstill. So she tries a
different approach, inspired by her neighbour (Eva Maria Marold) bringing
by a cake as a peace offering after they two have feuded for quite some
time. So she places that same cake right in front of the crack - and
wouldn't you know it, next day the cake is gone, the pearl necklace is
back. So Mrs. Pospisil makes an attempt to befriend the creature, maybe
more ... Now this is a fun little film, one that drifts from
stark realism into creature feature and eventually into comedy, but it's
all held together by lead actress Berta Kammer, who's acting remains
coherent throughout all the genre changes - and it's also nice to see her
elderly character portrayed not as helpless victim but resourceful and
strong-minded woman. On a directorial level meanwhile, Paul Ertl proves
himself as as witty as genre savvy, but keeps things subtle enough to
never just drift off into silliness - all of which makes this one a pretty
cool piece of genre cinema.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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Robots and rats,
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