恋人の命を救うためベルリンの街を疾走する女性の運命を、画面分割やアニメーションなど様々な手法を取り入れながらスピード感たっぷりに描いたドイツ映画。夏のベルリン。午前11時40分、ローラのもとに裏金の運び屋をする恋人マニから助けを求める電話が入る。ボスから預かった10万マルクを失くしてしまい、正午までに金を返さないと殺されるのだという。タイムリミットは20分。愛するマニを救うため、金を工面すべく街中を駆け巡るローラだったが……。わずかな行動の違いで変わるローラとマニの運命を、3通りの結末で描き出す。
製作費: $1,530,000 (2億円)
興行収入: $7,660,911 (11億円)
推定収支: $6,130,911 (9億円)
※製作費・興行収入はTMDBのデータを参照しています。収支は(興行収入 - 製作費)で算出したFindKey独自の推定値であり、広告宣伝費や諸経費は含まれません (1ドル=150円換算)。
監督: トム・ティクヴァ
脚本: トム・ティクヴァ
音楽: トム・ティクヴァ / ジョニー・クリメック
制作: Stefan Arndt / Maria Köpf / Gebhard Henke
撮影監督: Frank Griebe
制作会社: X Filme Creative Pool
Stupid criminal is stupid and expects his girlfriend to bail him out and fix his problems. We watch 3 different scenarios of her running around trying to come up with money. More stupid stuff happens and she screams to try to make things go her way. Yes, literally screams. Ridiculous
"Manni" (Moritz Bleibtreu) calls his girlfriend in distress to tell her that he's left DM100,000 on the subway and unless he can repatriate it by noon, he's going to have to rob somewhere else he is toast! What now ensues sees three scenarios play out as "Lola" (Franka Potente) tries to figure out a way to raise this fairly huge sum of cash in the twenty minutes allowed. Her dad is a bank manager - so perhaps he could help (willingly or otherwise)? Maybe she could chance a bet on a roulette wheel? Maybe she could not get there at all and let him do some robbing? What ever happens, she is going to have to do some running and timing is going to be crucial. It's filmed at break neck speed for the most part, with both characters simultaneously trying to find a solution to the predicament - and sometimes that produces some comedy, sometimes some tragedy, some furniture gets a bit trashed, some dirty laundry gets aired and the permutations all provide us with an answer - just maybe not the ideal one, or maybe yes - the ideal one. It's also quite a fun observation on just how frustrating tiny amounts of time can be when you are in a rush. This is well exemplified by the security guard at her dad's bank, but also by the traffic and the pedestrians and other obstructions that a few seconds of patience would easily (and probably just as quickly) overcome. It's quirky this film, it's short and focussed and I did enjoy it.
definitely biased because i'm a huge fan of techno music lol. i was bopping all the way through, it was a lot of fun. became my new favorite film when i walked out of the theater. professor had us watch this film to showcase what can be done with editing in the art of film, i'm convinced that was mostly the rapid match cuts with the music, which was a really cool effect. every choice really made this a fun and exciting watch, the fun kind of tension all the way through. music probably carried that. i can see this being more of a "huh. cool." movie to most people, but if you're like me and can't help but jam out to a 128bpm techno beat this is a must watch
