Lackadaisical twenty-something Johannes (Jacob Matschenz) is doing an internship at Dreileben’s country hospital (where he is vaguely preoccupied with the head physician’s daughter) when he meets Ana (Luna Zimic Mijovic), a hotel maid with a violent biker boyfriend. While their relationship haltingly develops, a deranged sex offender and murderer named Frank Molesch (Stefan Kurt plays the series’ single constant character), escapes during a police-controlled visit to the hospital to bid farewell his just-deceased mother. Christian Petzold (Yella, Jerichow) immediately establishes his signature menacing tone, utilising framing and measured pacing to create a sense of voyeuristic unease. - Sydney Film Festival
