A disturbed teacher holds a young photographer captive in his Berlin apartment after bringing her home for a night of romance.
Release Date: May 26th, 2017
DVD Release Date: June 27th, 2017
R |1 hr 56 min
Plot SummaryA disturbed teacher holds a young photographer captive in his Berlin apartment after bringing her home for a night of romance.
Cast: Teresa Palmer, Max Riemelt, Matthias Habich, Emma Bading, Elmira Bahrami
Director: Cate Shortland
Genres: Thriller
Production Co: DDP Studios, Film Victoria, Aquarius Films, Memento Films
Palmer’s performance is honest and brave (particularly given that she’s often just performing scenes alone), and Shortland deftly switches between locked-door thriller mode and more nuanced character work. show more
Australian director Cate Shortland (Somersault, Lore) takes a horror movie premise and imbues it with the knotty emotional complexity of a dysfunctional relationship psychodrama. show more
Driven by a compellingly internalized performance from Teresa Palmer as the conflicted prey, this is a case of expert filmmaking craft applied to a familiar story that becomes unrelentingly grim and drawn out after its masterful setup. show more
